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You can do what Google recommends and does themselves with their market based apps...

Target either 1.6 or 2.1 based on what APIs you need. 1.6 apps will work with all later releases just fine if you don't need a 2.1+ specific API.

The Droid has an update to 2.1 available. The Eris has an update to 2.1 available. The Incredible shipped with 2.1.

While individual phones may ship with the old version all the Verizon Android phones I'm aware of have the ability to be updated to 2.1 in a carrier supported way.

The CDMA Eris in the US has 2.1.

Sprint's Hero got 2.1 through an over-the-wire update and GSM Heros have gotten updates in other countries. Scream at your carrier if they don't have similar.

Guys? Are you intentionally being stupid?

http://www.gonegoogle.com/ and enter in the name of any company you want...

It's a generic advertisement, not something specifically targeting Microsoft.

Also, this article is a duplicate: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1395521

The vast majority of 1.5 based phones in the US will be getting upgrades to 2.1 in the next couple months.

Only phones not getting updated to 2.1 will have paths to 1.6.

Google has declared its own apps will target 1.6 and 2.1 and vendors (at least in the US) have been working on getting their phones upgraded these past few months.

1.5 is a dead platform and I suspect at least from the US that graph will look very different by winter.