IPhone vs. Android

I see this as a battle for developers as much as it is about the phones. Yes, there is a SIGNIFICANT difference between the phones ... hardware ... philosophy ... etc. but the war for developers is shaping up as just as significant. With Apple "locking down" their phones and only allowing distribution of applications that they approve, as a developer, I can't see the value proposition of even developing something for the IPhone. You spend time and, potentially, money coding up an application and then Apple says, "Umm, no thanks. We don't think it's good enough." or even "No, sorry, it's not different enough from other applications." This would drive me bat-shit. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T LET MY APPLICATION ON YOUR PHONE? LET PEOPLE DECIDE IF MY APPLICATION IS GOOD ENOUGH.

However, in converse, I also wonder whether people will truly want the options to have as flexible a phone as they could potentially have with an Android phone. I think that may come down to how well T-Mobile, Google, et al, can convince people that they aren't ~just~ buying a phone but a small mini-computer that you can talk through.