[simonh]

If being crushed flat means earning $40Bn a year in profits and commanding the most lucrative and innovative end of the mobile app market, then run me over with a steamroller.

Android and iOS are doing fine. Yes more Android phones are being sold than iPhones, but iPhone has a loyal customer base and a great ecosystem. Yes iOS dominates the tablet market, but Android tablets are finally getting good traction and have a respectable showing of apps.

The people who are getting crushed flat are Microsoft and Blackberry, and maybe a few others. It might be nice to have a third player in smartphone OS market, but I don't think it's necessary. Android and iOS provide good competition for each other without overly fragmenting the market for App developers.