Good writeup by James Pearce, CTO at dotMobi, on Google Android – as told and used by its own developers. I met James at the Mobile 2.0 event, and he is a sharp guy, so you should listen to him :-).
I will say though that Android handsets will come out probably in 6 months or so. And I will reiterate that at the end of the day, the operator still rules (it is their networks), and that all the theory (and wishful thinking) introduced by Android will be put to the test very shortly.
Android is definitely a shakeup to the mobile Java community (more than just “shaking things up a little”), but let’s remember that shakeups are a good thing (typically); more about this on another post.
ceo