Devs Bet Big On Android Over Apple's iOS

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 27, 2010 @12:03PM from the striding-toward-peak-apps dept.

CWmike writes "A majority of mobile app developers see Android as the smart bet over the long run even as they vote for Apple's iOS in the short term, according to a survey conducted jointly by Appcelerator and IDC. The survey polled more than 2,300 developers who use Appcelerator's Titanium cross-platform compiler to produce iOS and Android native apps. Of the 2,300 polled, 59% said that Android had the 'best long-term outlook,' compared with just 35% who pegged Apple's iOS with that label. But three out of four said that iOS offers the best 'near-term' outlook, with 76% tagging Apple's operating system as the best revenue opportunity."

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Re:Sampling bias? by phantomfive · 2010-09-27 13:32 · Score: 4, Interesting

Actually I'm pretty surprised they could find 2,300 developers who use Appcelerator's Titanium cross-platform compiler at all. Did they make answering the poll questions a part of installing the software? And does this whole story sound like a slashvertizement to anyone else?

Honestly I like Android, and I like iOS, but the GUI layout models are so different, I can't imagine a single system working well for both. Does anyone have experience with it?

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