I think a big part of the difference between launch/early apps is the state of the emulators. Apple's emulator runs quite fast due to using a lot of native desk

I think a big part of the difference between launch/early apps is the state of the emulators. Apple's emulator runs quite fast due to using a lot of native desktop code, and is in many ways suitable for testing at least a 1.0 version [1]. Android's emulator is a full virtualized stack and runs significantly slower than the target platform, making it hard to get a real idea of how well your program is running. Hence, while you could be pretty confident releasing a day one iPad app, many android devs would balk at the same situation with Honeycomb. A lot of devs may be waiting for a different tablet than the Xoom as well, while Apple devs obviously could all buy theirs on day one. The Xoom and 3.0.0 honeycomb both feel a bit rushed, there is probably a good argument for calling it a preview out here in reality. I don't think that's an indictment of the platform over all, though. [1] Not an active iOS dev, but that's how I remember it.