PC Mag Predicts Underwhelming Android Launch

Lance Ulanoff from PC Magazine predicts an underwhelming launch of the Android platform, mainly because the phone seemingly offers little over what RIM and Apple already provide with the Blackberry and iPhone.

But in focusing on phones as hardware devices, Lance's analysis misses the point. Phones are becoming software platforms, and however overwhelming or underwhelming the first weeks of Android prove to be, the fact remains that the Android platform, along with the iPhone SDK, represents a fundamental change in the way the mobile market in America works. That change -- the ability to write and load software on the phone the same way we can with a computer -- is what will ultimately draw programming talent and consumers to these devices.