In coming future things may change ,Android has impressed with the massive amount of apps in a few span .There may be some changes expected in the strategy of android in future.

1: True, probably because anything that is free on iOS is pretty sh*t.

2: Wouldn't know either way, whats this assumption based on?

3: Debatable, 95% of the apps I have on my android phone are free and serve their purpose well whereas apps of simlilar functionality on iOS need to be paid for. (see point 1 above)

4: See point 1 above.

5: Don't really get this point.

Flakey article at best. You will probably find devs actually cater for both platforms as you would be retarded to restrict yourself to one or the other and effectively half your target audience.

The ios store and hardware are consistent. There is too much fragmentation among Android hardware which in turn causes it's store to suffer.

I have never done an Android app, but i can imagine the headache. You basically have to start out selecting a group of devices your application will run on. thats a hard choice, especially considering android devices have an extremely high turnover rate. Making last years GS2 this years POS.

As much as i love android, i can't help but hope that Samsung and HTC partner to produce a forked android where they control quality and device restrictions.