[Phrish]

I really, really hope that Android will be the answer to the mobile OS market. I'm very excited about seeing the products start to roll out, and very happy HTC and Samsung are right at the forefront.

Microsoft is pathetically lazy with Windows Mobile. The OS is unstable, memory hoggish, not exactly intuitive, and many of the MS apps (Internet Explorer, PowerPoint, etc.) are so lagged behind current technology that it boggles me that they are still found in new phones.

Then someone comes along like Palm, or Apple, or Google, that challenges Windows Mobile and MS wakes up just enough to update their technology to last year, trying to convince us that they're doing everything they can to be on the bleeding edge?

I say good for Apple, coming out with the iPhone. Light a fire under MS's rear end! However, it's closed, and despite Apple announcing their SDK, the phone is still closed technology at its very foundation.

That's why I'm so excited about Android. The hardware is open, the OS is open, the SDK is open, the door is open, it's not network restricted. Everything about Android is open. That's what's so exciting about it!!!

Forget about lighting a fire under MS's quite ample derrie aire. I hope Android duct tapes a napalm bomblette to MS's bottom!

Only time will tell though. Other reporters and forum'ers have observed that creating a "platform" can be among the hardest things to do, and do successfully. If anyone can, Google can give it a go. I wish them nothing but success.