I think Eclipse makes sense if you think like a java coder, Xcode not so much, and Objective-C will fry your mind...
That said, Eclipse and the Android SDK is a pain to install even if you are a java wizard.
My first install went pretty well. Then I upgraded my Linux box and installing it didn't go well. So I upgraded to the newest Eclipse and it worked okay.
Then I upgrade Eclipse and it broke, so I went back.
Then I tried to install it on Windows and it was so painful that I just gave up and remoted into my Linux box.
Recently, I tried Windows again and it went like a dream.
Installing Eclipse and Android SDK should be easy right now, but they weren't always.
Really? I don't remember it being too bad, and I didn't start learning java until I had them installed! Although this was just a year ago, so perhaps older versions were less friendly.
Another problem some people have is that ObjC brings to the table all the pain of C. You've got memory management and bounds checking and unsafe casts all dumped into your lap. It can be pretty painful if you're not experienced in C, C++, or ASM programming.
I'm curious how it fries your mind exactly? Fries like Haskell in that it makes you learn different paradigms or fries as in challenges base assumptions on how things like OO/etc... work?