Curious, does Android play "nice" with other IOS devices? Not having to go through hoops and loops that is.
I luv that I update my stuff on the Mac and BAM, almost immediately appears on my phone and viceversa (via iCloud).
Yes and no. Things can be done but clearly not as easy as an apple device on a mac syncs together...
For calendar & contacts... You will have to use google services for calendar and contacts to get them to sync together between your mac and android device.
For iMessage.... Sadly no. Would be lovely to be able to have iMessage on android but not possible, or have some cross platform with iMessage & google Talk would be great - but sadly not available.
Syncing apps / managing them like you can in iTunes.
There is no way to manage your android apps on your mac and update them there and then sync to your android device.
Syncing in general.... Some android manufacturers software is OK, some is awful. KIES (Samsung's mac software) is pretty crappy to be honest.
Best bet for syncing music is often just to drag and drop.