“considering I own one and haven’t found an app I need and can’t get.”
That is called “anecdotal evidence”. Perhaps you should consider that others need more functionality than you do. Which of the following apps are available on Android?
The Daily
Rush Limbaugh
MLB.com At Bat 11
The Weather Channel
The Onion Tablet
Netflix
USA Today
Hulu +
Ebay
Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘11
Pandora Radio
What productivity software is there? Any equivalent to Pages, Numbers, Keynote etc? What about something like Garage Band? How many really good games are available?
The fact is that the iPad has a phenomenal and rapidly growing software ecosystem...Android, not so much, and Android’s hardware/software fragmentation issues are a problem for developers.
Some of the apps you’ve listed are nothing for than portals for websites. I mean, The Weather Channel? Seriously? I actually have a very nice weather widget on my home screen - something that’s impossible on iOS. And yes, we’ve had Pandora (including a nice widget) for quite some time. The Netflix and Hulu apps are currently being developed, according to reports, but both are currently accessible using PlayOn thanks to another feature iOS doesn’t support - Flash.
As for productivity, there are several apps that allow for editing documents, like DocsToGo, or you can do it directly using the Google Docs site. You can also print using PrinterShare. You’ll have to forgive me if I have no use for Garageband, but I don’t think I’m the target demo for that anyway.
As for games, name for me some “really good” iOS games. You also might want to take a look at the upcoming PlayStation Suite, as well as the fact that there are numerous console emulators you can get on Android - something else impossible on iOS unless you jailbreak.
If you really think the Android ecosystem isn’t rapidly growing, I don’t know what to say to such ignorance. Have you looked at the Android market in the last month?