So I've been using using HTC Magic for a couple of weeks now and I love it. I wouldn't switch to anything else right now and Android is definitely my platform of choice. But it ain't perfect. It is a bit more complex than iPhone and it could use some work on UI obviousness. It also has a lot of minor bugs, which don't really get into your way, but the overall experience isn't as smooth as it could be. I haven't found any major issues so far, thankfully. The biggest danger I can see is the lack of something I appreciate so much in Apple's products - consistency. It feels like there are no clear guidelines for Android developers on how to build GUI and user experience in general. There are slight differences between apps' behavior, which makes learning curve a bit more steeper. It should be very clear to user what will happen if you hold an item, what if you tap it, what kind of things are found in pop-up menu and what on the on-screen buttons. This kind of consistency makes you feel that you already know the app even though you run it for the first time.
I hope to see a lot of usability work on the platform. It's still much better than other platforms (WinMo for example), but still not the best (iPhone) and we want to be the best, right?
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