Android seems* to be attracting people who write apps for themselves, while the iPhone seems to be attracting people who write apps to sell. It isn't yet known

Android seems* to be attracting people who write apps for themselves, while the iPhone seems to be attracting people who write apps to sell. It isn't yet known if having enough Type A developers will kickstart a pool of Type B developers. But if you are the kind of person who likes Type A applications (for example Firefox/mplayer rather than IE/iTunes - apps by developers for developers) then you are likley to be really happy with Android apps from the start. *Based on an unscientific survey.