PCMag.com suggests it might be. Writing for the prominent mainstream publication, analyst Sascha Segan pointed out the lack of devices available for the Android platform.
"Six months after T-Mobile released the G1, there's a grand total of one more Android phone available: the HTC Magic, which looks like a G1 with the keyboard snapped off," he said. "That's not about to burn up the marketplace."
Segan went on to argue that although Android — an open-source, customizable, Linux-powered OS backed by Google — "looks good on paper," it hasn't found a home in the marketplace.
For the uninitiated, here's the difference between the Android OS and the iPhone: Apple's iPhone runs on its own operating system that is the epitome of proprietary. Apple doesn't let users customize the OS and vigorously polices its applications marketplace.
By contrast, the Andoid OS is just that — an operating system. Manufacturers of mobile devices are more or less welcome to build devices that use its flexible platform, which is beholden to no one company.
Most important for the adult industry is Android's friendliness to adult endeavors. The SCORE Group has put out a XXX app for the Android platform, while adult developers for the iPhone must build apps that include no sex or nudity. Otherwise, they have to risk entering into the iPhone black market, which caters to users industrious — or crazy — enough to override the native iPhone OS.
To be fair, Segan's assessment may be overblown. Online reports show that at least 10 devices are in the works for the Android OS.
But an informal survey of adult industry professionals indicated that the might iPhoen reigns supreme. Of all industry members polled, only one was planning to buy an Android-powered device: Lisa Ann, performer and proprietor of Lisa Ann's Talent Management. With a few exceptions, all others polled had an iPhone.
