Perhaps it could be thought of as the Open Source phone, then. Developers in the OSS community may well prefer to develop for it, because getting your app listed in the market is much, much easier than getting it added to Apple. Also, out of the box, it's vastly more customizable than the iPhone. These two features, to me, make it a definite phone to buy and develop for. When I fully understand how the camera works, I'm intending to develop an app to enhance its functionality :) I wouldn't be doing that for the iPhone!