Cnet askes the question,

Butterflies are free, so why aren't iPhone apps?

This is a question I've been asking for a while, ever since I first read about Google's entry into the cellphone space.

It turns out that Google never intended to make a gPhone, however they have been hard at work on something even better: an open source operating system for phones called Android. If you haven't seen what the excitement is about, watch this live video demo of Android on a touch phone. What I'm most excited about are the applications. A lot of Apple lovers assert that the iPhone has everything that 99% of users could ever want. So what value is there is tons and tons of free applications? It's simple. Unrestricted innovation. Apple can never keep up with the possibilities that will be available for Android. When Google invited developers to compete for funding, almost 1,800 entries were submitted. To see just how awesome some the potential of this platform is, check out this PDF of the top 50 applications chosen by Google that are being developed for Android.