iPhone release, 2007, SDK release, 2008 Android release October 2008 (HTC Dream) There's a big difference in tech between one year and three years, especially

iPhone release, 2007, SDK release, 2008 Android release October 2008 (HTC Dream) There's a big difference in tech between one year and three years, especially when we're talking about the V1 of a product type. Additionally, Android offered developers, manufacturers and carriers options that they simply didn't get from iPhones. So far, I haven't seen anything that says Microsoft is providing something really new to any of those stakeholders, aside from a license fee.