I feel like I am wading through rampant Android fanboyism here. These discussions of how quickly the mobile OS market will consolidate and who the winners will be is great fun and all, but lets talk about right now. Obviously, it goes without saying that Android is the mobile OS of the future and is the harbinger of the singularity. Until this future arrives and I have an Android device implanted in my brain (that would be a long-term commitment), I want a new mobile phone to use in the present.

Seeing as we are talking about buying a mobile phone as opposed to investing in Android stock, can someone give us a rundown of the current features/benefits of Android that make it so superior to competing OSs (UIQ, WebOS, Symbian, Maemo, WM6, RIM etc...)?