Yeah!
Let’s all buy iPhones, seeing that they are trying to look like Android now anyway! /s
Give it up. 2nd place is a fine position for an Apple OS to be in. Just look at OSX.
I really don’t the answer to the following question: does Apple pre-vet all the iPhone Apps before they let them on the Apple store?
The problem here isn’t Android proper, it’s the Google App Store’s policy of not vetting applications that are put on the market, resulting in people getting a false sense of security when downloading an app via an “official” store.
Note (as Amazon itself notes) that this problem doesn’t exist in the Amazon app store for Android devices, because they do screen what they put up for sale. As does RIM and, yes, Apple for their devices.