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Neither do I. I think he's implying that if more people will buy android then android will get better because of it.

Which would make sense if Google got more income for every copy of Android sold. But they don't.

Sure they do - Google is the default search engine on most of those devices. Granted, not enforced, but still.

It's also the default search engine on Safari in iOS, so I'm not sure there's a point to be made here.

That can change whenever Apple feels like it. Not so with Android. With mobile exploding, Android is excellent insurance for the future.

Android handset manufacturers can change search provider whenever they feel like it. Aren't a few already sold preset to Bing?

yeah, like netbooks versus macbook air :-)

Is there such thing as a $999 netbook? If you're not competing in the same price range it's easy to be better.