I'm new to the android world having only got my new phone a week ago. What I am suprised about is the amount of permissions you have to give certain apps. Some, fair enough need internet and storage access. But the number I have seen which want all your info, call history, ability to make their own calls etc.. is frankly scary. Wife has an iPhone and none of their apps seem to need this level of permission, or perhaps they have them and it is just buried in the reams of iTunes T&Cs!

I think the problem is that you don't get told on iPhones what an app can do. You just have to trust Apple to not put anything malicious in the store...certain Android ROMs have a "firewall" feature so you can block a specific app from doing a specific thing you're not happy with but to be honest I don't bother. I just have a nice set of "core" apps, and then download other bits as and when I need to.

I've been using Android since day 1 (Got a T-Mobile G1) and I can honestly say I have never paid attention to the permissions screen when installing apps! lol

You will be fine. Honest.

As said above... it's just that Apple don't tell you when you install the apps... Android is just being honest!