Screaming “Taste my open source fury!” while forcing your Android-powered phone into their face also works for people who won’t shut up about their iPhone. Although, you usually have to also physically hit them with the device in order to achieve maximum effect. Blackberry users however, based upon my research, are immune.
I’ve been really excited recently by the adoption (and love) of Android by many of my family and friends, with little or no direct encouragement from me. When the G1 was released over a year and a half ago, I was hoping for this broad sense of community that has only recently been achieved (I’d say The Droid was the main catalyst for this broader awakening, although buzz about the Nexus One has been pretty good as well). The Android community was strong and close-knit from day 1, but in the last 6 months it has begun to move beyond the tech geeks and early adopters and into the population at large. It’s also nice to see the broader data support my unscientific observations.
The question of superiority between Android and iPhone OS is needless. The dismissal of either camp as kool-aid drinking fanbois is self-defeating. What is exciting to see is the innovation and improvements being made, and that the two platforms doing the bulk on innovation are also being adopted and supported by consumers – who, regardless of market share, are the real winners.
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