The mobile phone competitors are feeling the pressure from Android

Apple is giving in to developer & user demands (it would seem so as to not lose market share):

Apple relents on Flash-derived iPhone, iPad apps
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20015954-264.html?tag=nl.e703

Also, they have released the guidelines for how an app makes it onto the market:
http://www.macworld.com/article/153979/2010/09/app_store_approval_g...

Blackberry considers a move to Android:

"We’ve heard from reliable sources that RIM has at least pondered a move to Android..."
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone...

Is an Android BlackBerry Device Inevitable?
http://internet2go.net/news/hardware/android-blackberry-device-inev...