Originally Posted by sivan:
But as a prospective smartphone buyer, why should I care about Android's completeness or that it can run on settop boxes or car navs?
It means if you purchase an App you like, but for whatever reason change carriers, you can get the same app on your new phone.
Case in Point: Touchdown's Exchange solution is a great little Mail/Calender/Taks/Contacts app for Android that better serves my needs than the default apps.
I can move it to any android phone on any carrier.
Should you get an Android netbook in the future, it is more than likely you can use the app on that platform as well.
Currently, the only other platform than can offer consistency between carriers (that is device manufacturing agnostic) is Windows Mobile.