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Android is the framework for the open source phones.  It is a framework / API for integration of telaphony and data and applications for the phones.  It contains a database, a browser, a vm, gsm telephony, bluetooth, wifi, 3g, camera, gps, compass, media support, 3D support, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE.  The basic functionality - display driver, flash memory, camera driver, and audio driver is in the linux kernel.  The android runtime contains the dalvik vm and the core libraries. These are nested in the standard libraries - ssl, sgl, sqlite, etc.  The application framework sits atop of this, and finally the apps reside at the top for the end user.  It is a very solid archetecture to develop upon.

I think it will be a tremendous success.  Now lets see how the phones are.  As we know, and the iphone is a good example, is that form oftentimes wins over functionality…