We're going to follow Google's lead and add an Android section on GetJar, giving Android developers another route to market. But we'd Android with Symbian, Blackberry, Java, Flash Lite, Windows Mobile, and Palm (consumer choice is the idea). It would be nice if Apple would open up third party distribution of iPhone apps, because they'd get a lot more downloads (and sell more phones) if they did. As this app store world evolves beyond boutiques into a mix of boutiques and Walmart's, Apple will have to decide if they want to stay all alone.

Contrary to your view, I think that a lot of top developers who now build in java, symbian, blackberry, etc. will add Android to their list, regardless of the handsets out there, just because they know that if Google's behind it, it will eventually get traction and they don't want to be last. Plus, having their app be big on Android, like iPhone, has PR spinoff that helps them get adoption on other platforms. Serious developers know that it took a long time for Windows Mobile to get traction too, but it's there today because somebody kept pouring in money.

The bottom line is that Google has done a lot of good for the world by pushing the envelope further, regardless of the details of their business model. In particular, we salute their easy approval process and lack of "censorship", which (we humbly note) has always been GetJar's policy too.