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By TakinYourPoints on 8/20/2012 2:51:33 PM , Rating: 2
Really, with Android outselling iPhone by more than 4 to 1 now, you dont think eventually the drive will be there? Demand will drive all developers to go where the money is. Apple may be the present, by a small margin, but Android is the future.

A cross platform developer making on average 4x as much on iOS as they would on Android isn't a "small margin". The problem is compounded by hardware and OS fragmentation, the latter being a problem that isn't going away until Google takes control from the platform away from carriers.

Making less money on a platform that is harder to support. It is no wonder why iOS is the lead mobile development platform despite there being more Android devices. And if you are basing your argument on Android also having Angry Birds, Netflix, and Facebook, then you're missing the point, there is nothing approaching parity with the platforms.

That 4 to 1 sales gap was primarily with Android 2.x devices. 2.x really wasnt up to par. Now 4.1 is not only up to par, its pretty much double birdied IOS.

Right, 4.0 which is only about 15% of Android devices after almost a year and 4.1 which is on less than one percent. Fantastic.

Android 2.3 to 4.1 is a majorly huge jump.

Yeah, it brings UI smoothness up to where iOS was back in 2008. Congrats.

Anyway, why are you bringing OS features into a conversation about availability of apps?

iOS can "stagnate" for years if it wanted to, but the issues of marketplace/OS/hardware fragmentation, piracy, and a userbase that doesn't spend money on apps pretty much ensures that iOS would still be the lead platform for mobile developers.


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