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Symbian dominates the market because it was the software bundled on the largest cell phone manufacturer (Nokia). It's hard to topple an incumbent OS.
Had my Galaxy S (it's considered the best Android device on the market although still runs Eclaire) for about 4 months now after owning all the previous iphones except the latest one. It's definitely powerful, but there is something about my wife's iphone4 that is more refined and easier to use. It's hard to explain but it just works.
Android is still in it's infancy and like most early OS's, has a lot of bugs that still need to be worked out. I'm confident it will get there soon and just the mentality of Google with respect to creating an open platform was what the mobile market needed. There is room in the market for 2 mobile OS's, just as there is room in the PC market for Windows & Mac OS. Two different platforms geared for two different types of users, and the distinction carries over from why one buys Windows and one buys a Mac.
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