Here at PointAbout we’ve seen tons of interest from potential customers in the Android platform of late. That’s one of the reasons we and many others Android developers kept a close eye on the Google I/O (Innovation in the Open) conference in California this week. Last year’s I/O conference showed some tantalizing glimpses of the possibilities of HTML5, and the I/O conference has seen the announcement of several major initiatives from Google – like the introduction of Android in 2008 – in years past.

On Wednesday, Google announced coming changes to the Android Market that are designed to make it easier for users to find quality apps. Included in the changes will be a curated selection of editor’s picks as well as “top” lists of the top new free, top new paid, and top grossing apps available in the market. The market will also recognize stand-out Android developers who put out the highest quality, most popular Android apps.

Another big announcement was news that their Google Music service is being rolled out for Beta testing. The service will allow users to store all their music “in the cloud.” As Sam Grobart at the New York Times put it, “Music: Beta’s main selling point is that it copies your music collection to Google’s remote servers. Once your music is on Google’s servers, it’s available to any Internet-connected device that can access it, from other PCs to Android smartphones.” This should come as – sigh – music to the ears of people like yours truly who’ve transitioned from an iPhone to an Android but don’t have the time, energy, willpower, and/or attention span to sit down in front of their computer(s) for several hours to transfer years’ worth of audio files to a new device. You can watch the video below for more details and sign up for an invite here.

Last but not least, there was a healthy dose of talk about Chrome – the Chrome Web Store, Chrome Books, and the Chrome OS – complete with the news that means an OS has really arrived: Angry Birds is now available on the Chrome Web Store.