I think i prefer the picture if you fail the first time :)

@Ninety-9: I agree with number 1 and 2, but number 3 could be something to do with the 24hour refund policy. An app you want to delete within an hour gives you your money back. Maybe this is the choice for developers - wait for an apple certification on your app, or make something worth keeping more than 24 hours.

@Decad3nce: You are the best commenter on this thread. Thankyou.

@Calrekabooki: I see what you mean, but I think my concerns are totally quashed by the 24hour refund policy. I'll agree to disagree there though. :)

@abeeee: I knew you wouldn't be able to see my credit card details. Hence I said I'd trust Google over a developer. What I'm saying is that if I was paying money to you via credit card, I'd be more worried. As I'm not - I have no concerns there.

@Calrekabooki: I'd rather give Google my card details than any developer. Google as a company have more to lose for fraud than a developer does. Big time.

@David Insley: Never had a virus on it - thanks for the concern though, it means a lot! Never been scammed either - but Google came up with this crazy idea where you can get a refund if you get scammed immediately.

@draakhs: Hardly fair. The apple store is less open to "every moron out there", although I do agree with there being more free apps on Android.

@D.LYTE: Exactly how I felt about this article. On top of that, the NYT article it's based on has a totally different headline and information.

@Calrekabooki: Is there any particular reason you trust Android developers less than iPhone developers? or Google checkout less than iTunes? Have either ever had some sort of credit leak?

@Odin: I assume they're saying that most people use an iTunes account already have it tied to a credit/debit card, and are getting excited about how (I assume) you don't need to re-enter it to buy apps.

@zelannii: It's just as easy to make valid points about iPhone development as it is to make invalid points about android development.

@David Insley: Fanboyism for the iPhone is as terrible as the screening process. Apple is taking advantage of the programmers and stealing a cut of the profits.

I disagree with this post - not because I'm pro android, but because it's rather unfair to only mention the negatives of android development.

@BrknPheonix: [www.nytimes.com]

Please, please, PLEASE can we drop this fragmentation thing. Android is sort of like a coalition of manufacturers of hardware, who struggle with software. Or, are creative but don't build their own software. After Windows Phone drastically dropped (before WP7) Android became the non-iPhone/blackberry smartphone.

Did they forget to say something about Apple's claims that people don't want to do anything Google TV does?

I think the title idea of finally making it a success is unfair, considering it was more-or-less abandoned until now, co-incidentally after Google's TV demo. I support Google and accept Apple may have been developing this at the time, but the fact is it was abandoned. It hasn't been an epic trial or battle.

I actually see potential.