Let me reply to your list of demands.
1. Multitasking- iPhone has multitasking on its native apps, and thats about all I need to use multitasking for. With the speed of the 3GS and the faster speed of the iPad, it is unnecessary to demand multitasking on 3rd party apps, when it's just as quick to go back and forth between them. Anyways, I have a good feeling that multitasking is coming on OS 4.0.
2. Systemwide voice search- How often do you use that? It takes longer to activate voice search, say what you want, and wait for recognition, than it does to type something quickly in iPhone's spotlight.
3. Gmail Push- I use Gmail through my mail app on my iPhone, my messages have push notification, and I've had no problems.
4. Various phones on various networks- Apple doesn't need a variety of phones, when the iPhone takes care of basically every need a person has. While other phone companies build specific phones for specific needs, the iPhone can fill all of those requests. When it comes to various networks, it's good Apple has stuck with GSM over CDMA. GSM is more stable and can handle more data/phone usage than CDMA. I do wish, though, that the iPhone is unlocked for all GSM networks. TMobile is much better than AT&T where I live.
5. Swappable batteries- Swappable batteries ensure shorter battery life in a system, as well as have shorter lives span than non-removable batteries.
6. Hard to say that there isn't an open ecosystem with 140,000 apps, but I can't blame Apple for shooting down Google Voice. Just think, if Apple had a similar program, would Google allow it on the Droid? Verizon wouldn't let them.
7. This is the same argument I heard when Apple made the original iMac, without a floppy drive. "I know it's outdated technology, but it's almost impossible to go without it." A couple years later, no one used floppies. Apple is just placing the final nail in Flash's bloated, buggy, slow, 90's appropriate coffin.
But I do hope you enjoy your Droid, I'll enjoy my 140,000 apps for just about everything I need to support my business, and Apple will enjoy the customer satisfaction award for smartphones again, as well as it's huge marketshare.
ONE: Multitasking - It is not as quick, and it is a hell of lot more convenient to switch back and forth, especially when copying things from one running app to another. Do you Open Safari, Copy an image, Close it, Open Photoshop, Paste an image, Edit, Save, Close Photoshop, Open Email, Attach, Send, and Close Email? No. This is not an OPTION for iPhone because Steve doesn't trust users.
TWO: Voice Search - I honestly don't use this a lot throughout the course of the day. HOWEVER, I do use it while driving for hands free navigating to the things I need, or am looking for. It is nice to also use this while I am doing other things, so I don't have to focus completely on my device.
THREE: GMail Push - Works better on Android like MobileMe works better on iPhone. No surprise there.
FOUR: Phone & Network Variety - I get that Apple had to choose one carrier in the beginning to leverage what they wanted. If they don't leave AT&T, then they are guilty. However, Android has given me many options, and the options will continue. I choose, and thus the consumer has the power to choose. I win.
FIVE: Swappable Batteries - If my Android phone sacrifices a millimeter of thickness to have the same capacity, I'll be alright with it. The debate over batteries lasting longer vs. removable is lame. Either you're going to compare what the iPhone would be like with or without a removable battery, or you argue over some measly thickness. Some of us do carry multiple batteries, and some of us like to know that we can do it ourself without voiding warranties.
SIX: App Store Openness - This argument is pointless. Apple has the ability to say no to whatever apps it wants. If Apple made a similar app, I could install it on Android, because I don't need a store to download and install apps. If a friend emails me an app, I can choose to install it. If I am testing my own app, I can install it. If a website has an app, I can install it from there. This is nice and open, I like not being controlled through a store.
SEVEN: Flash - It may be ram intensive, at times buggy, and a pain to power manage, but it is a HUGE element of the current internet. Apple should have created a solution, they're the inventors here, and then bashed Flash. Instead they are going to refuse, instead of finding a way to bridge the gap. Don't think Adobe won't take notice. I may hate flash, but surfing the internet without a way to access it, sucks more. The floppy disk argument is weak. When Apple dropped floppy drives, they had a solution then, CDs. Imagine if the iMac didn't have a way to transfer data, it just gave you a blue brick and said, "sorry".
EIGHT: Physical Keyboard - I have used the iPhone keyboard. I mean used, not tried, or tested. I used it. I also used the Nexus One keyboard. Touch keyboards are HORRIBLE. I have to look while I'm typing, it is slow, I have to check to see the corrections were guessed correctly, and it is crazy annoying. I hack out 1,200 texts on my slower G1 and a hundred emails a month on it. I blaze through them without fatigue. I am waiting for either HTC or SE to create another slider with a keyboard to upgrade. If iPad had such an awesome touch keyboard, would they include an optional keyboard for at home? Think about that, even Ives and Jobs know the experience is terrible.
NINE: Customization - Not a power feature, but man, who doesn't like to make their device they're very own? It adds another layer of fun to my device, and makes it mine. Besides, I like laying out things on my home screen how I use them, and how I want to access them. It fits me, personally.
TEN: Expandable Memory - Another area users aren't trusted. I like having the ability to add more memory on all my devices. Maybe I sacrifice another millimeter of thickness (doubtful) but I have control over that too.
ELEVEN: Higher Resolution Screen - You can claim that Apple might change this in June, and that everyone else will be catching up when iPhone 4.0 is released. But right now, Apple is playing catch up. And there will be newer Android phones out by then as well.
TWELEVE: Diverse Features - Sure, having one platform, and limited features is easier to control and provides an even, boring experience across the board... I have the option of choosing a device that fits me personally. If I want a 5mp camera with physical autofocus and a flash, that option is available. If I want a simple interface and cheaper phone, I can get it. If I want noise canceling technology and a high resolution phone with a choice of inputs, I can pick that as well.
We are the consumer, we need to quit protecting one, boxed in company, and start looking at the diversity and imagining what it would be like. If Apple wants to criticize Adobe for not being creative, I can do the same for only having access to one, locked down, controlled, mobile phone. The choice between white or black isn't the only creative choice for choosing a phone.
