Thursday, July 8, 2010

Developers are prefering Android over Apple's iOS in long run

A recent survey by Appcelerator showed out some interesting info on the available mobile platforms.
Apple’s iOS nearly beat out every other platform in perceived security, reliability, best devices to build on, and level of interest for developing on, but there are some place where Google beat out Apple.


As you can see, Google Android has been perceived by developers as the platform with the most capabilities for an OS, the most “open” and, the best “long term outlook.”

The only place where RIM's Blackberry is leading is having most no. of apps in Business sector 

Still, developer interest doesn’t guarantee Android’s long-term success. Google also needs to win the hearts and minds of service providers, hardware providers and end-customers.

Appcelerator says 31% of developers find cross-platform releases the most painful part of any app development. But so far, it seems like a growing base of developers are embracing both Apple and Google Android.

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