android is going to be just another software platform on a small amount of handsets, and actually always the same handsets : high range
the manufacturers agreed to be part of the project just to make sure they won't miss anything. But don't worry they're not silly enough to let google being free to control things in the handsets that represent volume and margin : low and mid range handset
strategy is always the same : let everybody endlessly talk about what's is trendy and sexy and in the meantime keep on making a lot of business as usual