Any company that doesn't consider the options is idiotic. And that's what they're doing. Considering.<p>We went many, many years with each company having their own OS. Apple was the first to really make a splash that way. Android comes along with an actual competitor... Anyone that thinks they can single-handedly out-Apple Apple is in for a rude awakening.<p>Sure, getting your app to work on many different devices can be tough... But getting your app to be popular on a device with 1/100th the market share is even tougher.<p>I like Samsung phones, but if they drop Android, I'll be switching to something that has it. I actually wonder if they "get it". All the Android phone creators think they need a custom layer on top of Android to distinguish theirs from everyone else's. In reality, I'd be happier with the stock Android... And if I want 'TouchWiz', I'd buy an app for it. From Samsung, what I want is a solid, reliable phone. Leave the extras to Google and 3rd party developers.
I dont know why, but ppk has been super pessimistic on android in all of his posts lately. I think he may have been jaded from the simbian/nokia relationship, and the partners abandoning it.
Yeah. What the world needs is more mobile OSes. And developers will be totally flocking to bada and HtcOS.<p>Oh wait... there are no developers for bada? What a surprise.