Android - fragmentation

Programming for different screen sizes and input methods is a lot better on Android than on any other platform I've developed for in the past, but still leaves something to be desired. For example trackballs, camera, keyboard, hardkeys and sensors behave differently across different handsets. J2ME all over again. This must be fixed, and it has to be fixed by the Android OS developers.

The app developers have the power to:

- Boycott every manufacturer/operator who puts up their own application store. Publish apps to Android Market exclusively. It is the available apps that will sell handsets in the future - when noone publishes apps to all the new application stores out there, the operators/handset manufacturers will be forced to cooperate.

- Boycott every 'clever' handset manufacturer that creates devices with non-standard screens and other 'special features' that requires heavy customization of software to work. Manufacturers try to push the work they themself should have done over on the individual developer. Don't let them.

As a small indie developer I can't afford to test my applications on 20 different handsets to ensure correct operation. I don't want to upload my applications to 20 different application stores.