i think android has a much brighter future. Speaking from some inside knowledge, there are two large carriers that will introduce android devices this year. P

i think android has a much brighter future. Speaking from some inside knowledge, there are two large carriers that will introduce android devices this year. Plus, all the Asian manufacturers (Samsung, LG, Kyocera, and some smaller Chinese ones ) don't have any good OSs in the plate. So they are already working on android devices. Here is a rundown of the mobile world: iPhone -- we all know it. Developing for it is not easy, and the process is not friendly at all. Good for games, but very restrictive APIs, and what you can do. There is so much more this device can do, but Steve Jobs doesn't want you to. So, some good competition is always welcome, as it will force Apple to open up. Blackberry OS (semi-niche. Popular, but an OS with only one manufacture. Plus J2ME is going to be phased out, the BB Api is not that great (UI wise). .. Symbian - Will be open source in a year. It is old, (based on work from Psion two decades ago), and development for it is not great (plus the UI is horrible). .. Winmo - Has been around since 2002. Hasn't chagned much in years. Development for it is ok (not that hard), but overall it is Microsoft yucky interface. It was good for coorporates that didn't want to pay the Blackberry extra costs, but right now it is way behind. .. Android -- The new kid on the block. Programing for it is easier, (performance is ok, not that great for games), it is open, and it runs on top of Linux, but it can run everything. .. Palm -- Used to be hot 5 years ago. And now trying to come back. I really don't know any companies trying to work on anything on palm. They need to get a good app dev environment going, but they are not big enough to create yet another platform to develop for. Android/Dalvik, (or maybe Flash), will be great choices. .. Linmo -- DOA. I have seen a couple of Motorola Linmo handsets, and they are crap. Just give up. The OS doesn't really matter anymore, the APP Environment is the one that matters now. Users really don't care if the underpinning of the OS is Linux, OS X/BSD, Symbian, or whatever. They just care for shiny things (flashy and animation), and running apps.