It's a little bit cranky

I'm a little cranky so I thought I'd get it off my chest:

Let's start with Google shall we?

• GoogleTV: Ahem, arrrrrrghgghghghghghghhgghghghgh! Seriously, Google, let me put it out there for you in black and white. The longer you wait, the harder you are going to have to fight. You're not just going to be competing against AppleTV and the iDevice gang, but there are already a huge range of el-cheapo Media Storage systems which can plug straight into existing TVs, Settop Boxes and so on. That's not even counting the Open Source Projects like MythTV or Boxee which appeal to the geek/DIYers.

  So far we've only seen the Sony TV, Sony Blu-Ray thing and the Logitech device (none of which comes close to matching the AppleTV device in price). You need to start bringing it to the market, involve developers, release devices that bring it to the every day family, not just the early adopter. Hell how's this for radical, don't include an all you can eat remote. Take a leaf out of Boxees book and release a remote control app for iDevice and Android Phones. Concentrate on your strengths - the code.

• Android Device Pricing: You know what? You can't afford to have your iDevice challengers price themselves out of the game. Right now your flagship Android 3.0 device, the Xoom is more expensive than the equivelant iPad, and there is no way of getting a lower specced version (say wi-fi only or lower internal storage). And don't tell me about the discounts people get if they get it on a 2 year plan. I don't live in the US and neither does something like 95% of the worlds population. If you're going to compete, then make sure you're not competing for second place. Then of course there's the above mentioned price disparity between GoogleTV and AppleTV devices.
• Where's my Android iPod Touch equivelant? Seriously, a Nexus S without the phone component in the same way that a Touch is an iPhone without the phone would go a long way to furthering android adoption.  I know I'd have on rather than the Touch I have at the moment.

Right, that's Google sorted for now. Apple you're next:

• First up, congratulations on the new release. I mean it really has managed to bring iOS close to the point where it can compete with Android 2.2. Yes I know that sounds snarky, read the title of this post. Really, iOS 4.3 has managed to bring my Touch and iPad almost up to speed with the latest from Google.
• Do me a favour, learn how to handle multiple SDKs in Xcode could you? It is a real PITA to have to reinstall an older version of Xcode to test an app (and don't tell me I shouldn't have to because I do).
• While you're at it, can you please throw Xcode on a large fire, pour naptha on the fire and then nuke it from orbit? Eclipse can be slow and painful to use and Androids UI developer is almost childlike, but the fact that I have to download multiple GB's everytime you release a new version of the SDK. The fact that you've only just discovered the unified Editor window should be evidence enough that you might want to stick to iDevices.

Gah, I'm cranky.