RSSWireless devs plan more apps for Windows than iPhone or Android
By Jacqueline Emigh | Published February 3, 2009, 1:14 PM
Whether or not they're being overly optimistic, 94% of corporate developers expect wireless application development to either stay the same or rise over the year ahead, despite the economy. Forty percent more of the developers plan to focus on Windows Mobile than on Apple's iPhone, and 46% more will focus on the .NET Compact Framework than on Google's Android, say the newly released results of an Evans Data Survey.
More specifically, a greater percentage -- 47.6% -- of those surveyed think wireless enterprise development will actually increase in 2009 as opposed to the 46.4% who believe the development activities will stay the same. Twenty-five percent of respondents cited the amount of revenues to be gained as the number one consideration in choosing a platform, whereas "identifying marketing opportunities" was chosen by 21%. Only 15% selected "platform openness" as their response to that question.
Seems that only the new President knows that USA is NOT the only nation on this planet. Europe etc uses Symbian, an OPEN operating system.
Betanews, etc is out of contact with the real world. As well as USA-WINDOWS, seems to me that most mobile programs are written in JAVA i.e. usable on almost any mobile device.
Greg, from Australia
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|The only real problem with Windows apps is that I don't think I've ever really seen many 'free' ones. And that's where Android differs from both Iphone and Windows mobile platforms.
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|Are those numbers international or US-only? I'm sure that Android will garner a sizable dev base abroad where Windows doesn't have the lion's share of platforms. Once we actually get a selection of Android devices in the US it will undoubtedly draw more interest as well. Whoever produces quality apps for it first will do pretty well, I imagine.
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