As we all know ,iPhone’s Mac OS X and Android are the most discussed mobile phone OS now. Though iPhone sells much more devices than Android, Android is growing fast. In my opinion，Android will overtake Mac OS X’s position in one or two years. Here are my points:
First, iPhone has only one outlook.Though iPhone has sold tens of millions of devices, it can not satisfy people’s different requirements. It may be cool, but not so useful; it maybe big, but not anyone will like its large touchscreen. However, Android is different. It is open to the entire world and meet all the needs.Although published for only a year, it now has more than 10 types of cellphone. HTC produced G1, G2, G3, Motorola produced Droid, Lenovo produced ophone,and so on. They also have different lookings: with keyboard, without keyboard, slide, slip,straight,big or small.
Second, Mac OS X is closed, and Android is open. Though many programmer can make application for iPhone, no one can change its OS, so it stricts programmers to make good applications. Besides, iPhone has many problems when connecting to other computer systems. However, Android is much more open. All the programmer can access to the sourse code, so OS can be changed easily, adding what you need, and discarding what you dislike conveniently.
Third, development. The cellphone industry is moving quickly. And iPhone only updates once in two years while Android updated more than 4 times one year. Therefore, Android keeps up with people’s requirement more quickly.
Forth, supportment. IPhone is developed by Apple company, while Android is by google and many other programmers. Anyone can access to Android’s sourse code to be a developer. Besides, do not forget that google is much more powerful than Apple. In a word, I believe Android will get much more support than iPhone in future.
Fifth, except mobile phone, Android will be adopted by many other devices such as MID,or even fridge and TV in future. So it will communicate with many other devices and expand its industry to larger space. But Mac OS X only be used in iPhone and iTouch .
But what is their destiny on earth? Only God knows. Let us wait to see!