That makes a lot of sense to me. The Blackberry development environment is more accessible to me, I can use Windows, Linux or even Mac.
Even the Windows Phone environment is more accessible, since I don't have a Mac. Last time I checked, there's still more people with Windows machines and "Windows" developers than Mac ones, so it makes perfect sense that they're not looking forward to develop in an environment that is not available to them. The whole thing about only being able to develop iPhone and iPad apps on Macs makes little sense from a development point of view, so I don't know why anybody would be looking forward to it ... unless they have to (no choice). On Jan 6, 6:17 pm, phil swenson <phil.swen...@gmail.com> wrote: > *the survey (whopping 336 respondents!) found more developer interest > for Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry than for iPhone. Really? Does > anyone really think that is representative? Peter make a good point > as the respondents had to pick only one. I think it's a worthless > survey. > > *Their market share #s (from IDC) are way off of what every one else > is reporting. > > For > example:http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/apple-leads-smartph... > > 2011 is going to be very interesting. I predict two clear winners > will emerge: iOs and Android. Apple will roll iPhone out for Verizon > (and maybe more carriers), launch an iPhone 5, continue to dominate > with the iPad. Android will continue to do well worldwide, although I > think iPhone on Verizon + AT&T will outsell Android in the US. > Windows Phone 7 is too late. Blackberry is stuck on BB6 and won't be > able to figure out how to migrate to QNX until it's too late. Nokia? > They should have gone android. Legacy will kill them. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Peter <peterrec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It doesn't seem like a landslide to me. If you combine iThings you > > get 28% vs android's 29%. > > The percentages add up to 100, which implies the survey may have > > forced you to choose only one option, and is therefore silly in my > > view. Despite Steve's crusade against cross platform apps, I suspect > > many developers create both android and iDevice versions of their > > apps. > > > On Jan 6, 10:06 am, Blanford <euroscript...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Twenty-nine percent of the 336 publisher and developer respondents > >> also indicated they will be creating apps for the Android operating > >> system this year. Windows Phone 7 and the iPad tied for second place, > >> grabbing 20% of the respondents’ interest. RIM took fourth with 12%, > >> while the iPhone trailed in fifth with 8% of developer and publisher > >> interest. However, according to the survey, the iPhone reigned supreme > >> in 2010 with 30% of the respondents developing for it. Twenty-three > >> percent indicated developing for Android last year. > > >>http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=35133&utm_sourc...) > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
