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But first you will have to actually buy an Android phone.

Yes, and there are ten competing offers already, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Apple makes a one-size-fits-all product.

But you might want to wait for Google's Chrome Webstore that will be coming out later this year. But at the moment it has 0 applications.

No, I don't need to wait for anything. I can write my own software, and if it is of any value to others then I might publish it for other people to enjoy. That's how F/OSS got to having its uncountable number of applications.

Most importantly, Android is business-friendly. You write an application and you use it, guaranteed. Not so with Apple - it will be examined by Apple, and Apple will decide if you are worthy of using it. It may be that your app that you need for your business is clunky, large and breaks Apple experience - you don't care, it's to monitor tire pressure in trucks, for example - but Apple does care, and the app will be axed unless your business pours more money and time into making it "right."

There are many potential uses of phones and tablets in businesses. Tablets, IMO, are best specifically for businesses and not for individuals at home. But Apple doesn't even have any process under which a business would be in control of its software. Android has that. So Android will be the winner on the business side. iPhone may or may not keep its lead on the consumer side, but I personally don't lose any sleep over it - I write only industrial software, and Android creates job opportunities where Apple is not even a player.

I look at success. Apple has 6 times as many apps as all the different versions of Android. And many businesses are using the iPhone. So please do let us all see the industrial software you have written for Android, and let us know how many people are using it.

Most importantly, Android is business-friendly. You write an application and you use it, guaranteed. Not so with Apple - it will be examined by Apple, and Apple will decide if you are worthy of using it. It may be that your app that you need for your business is clunky, large and breaks Apple experience - you don't care, it's to monitor tire pressure in trucks, for example - but Apple does care, and the app will be axed unless your business pours more money and time into making it "right."

There are many potential uses of phones and tablets in businesses. Tablets, IMO, are best specifically for businesses and not for individuals at home. But Apple doesn't even have any process under which a business would be in control of its software. Android has that. So Android will be the winner on the business side. iPhone may or may not keep its lead on the consumer side, but I personally don't lose any sleep over it - I write only industrial software, and Android creates job opportunities where Apple is not even a player.

And you are wrong... many businesses have written specific business only apps that are intrinsic to a single business... and Apple allows this. You just don't know about it... so you claim it doesn't exist. Just because YOU don't know about it, doesn't mean it is not existent. There are reasons why many enterprise businesses are embracing the iPhone and now the iPad.