We oftentimes hear
raw numbers of apps bandied about in
mobile OS comparisons, but we rarely get any idea of just how many developers are behind the scenes working for each platform. This is the void of knowledge filled by
AppStore HQ today, who have gone to their dev directory -- claimed to be a complete listing of all 55,000+ coders whose work is currently available for consumption in the Apple App Store or Android Market -- and stacked them into neat piles of Apple, Google and Gapple programmers. It's immediately apparent that single-platform development is the norm (with Apple holding the predictable edge), but
AppStore HQ also provides a list of some of the most well known (and well funded) apps doing the cross-platform dance, and suggests that a movement is afoot toward making software available for both sets of users. Then again, the
BNET article below points out the difficulties faced by smaller outfits, who might struggle to find the resources required to port their content over and maintain the skills required to be multi-platform, resulting in them sticking to one environment, irrespective of what
allures others might throw their way. Give them both a read, we say.
posted July 5th 2010 4:17AM
There's nothing more annoying these days than reading Android fanboy posts. A small group of elitists that things the iPhone OS is dead when if you ask most Devs, the money is still on Apple's court. It has less to do with which OS is better, it's about where's the cheese.
@vision33r I'll tell you what is more annoying: A fanboy stating that a fanboy is annoying. We get it. If you don't like them, just ignore them.
@Kang
so it is impossible to take one side or the other without being called a fanboy. hrmmm, what a horrible, idiotic word.
i am a water fanboy, because i like to drink water.
@movies wow you really don't get it do you? What I meant is if you are a water fanboy, ignore those that don't drink water.
@movies he is obviously an Apple fanboy if he only bashes Android fanboys. They're both annoying.
I can't understand the need for droid users to hate on anything apple. If you don't like it, don't comment.
and all the while, most of these quite amazing android machines are a product of a foreign [Taiwanese] company. HTC. but you don't care its got android and its better than anything else...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/htc-quarterly-profits-improve-by-a-third-beat-even-its-own-loft/
and i know most hardware is manufactured in a foreign country, but i'm talking about finished packaged product profits. not line production profits. the margins are very different.
i'm a fan of liking companies in my own country seeing as how we have a hard time keep our money here anyhow, no thanks to walmart. how is android licensed? i really don't know. i doubt it's more than HTC makes on the hardware.
@movies
Google does not charge for licensing, they make the $$ from the ads on the phones.
Anyways, stop complaining about who makes what, it ALL is made in China anyways. BTW the earnings go to investors... so if you want HTC's earnings to go to folks in the US, buy stock in HTC. If you want Apple's to go to US, buy their stock. Globalization started years ago, get with the times.
@B3nt
that is what i thought about android's licensing, they make nothing on hardware sales.
i'm not complaining, simply pointing out the obvious. you clearly didn't read my whole thread of comments. dismissing the importance of a company's hq location based on globalization is ignorant and naive. i'm sure SOME of HTCs earnings go to US stock holders. comparing the amount of money paid to stockholders and the amount spent on overhead, taxes and assets is also ridiculous. what you don't think they pay salaries to their employees? You don't think most of their employees live and work in Taiwan? This isn't about manufacturing...
And you had to bring apple into it ... Why would you assume i was referring to apple??? globalization, ha, what do you know about globalization and how it effects a company's flow of revenue? Please, bring some credibility with your next response. Here be educated too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Corporation#Corporate_information
this is just another instance of consumers not making informed decisions, but emotional decision about the products they buy. most people don't give a $#!* about where their money goes or who they are giving it to as long as it looks good on their bank statement. thats why walmart is so incredibly successful. if people realized they were/are undermining our economy to save 0.10$ on eggs they [hopefully] wouldn't do it. if anything globalization is the perfect excuse to NOT buy anything from HTC. i have close friends that work at HP, so yeah i think it matters where and what you buy.
The real market is Android+Nokia. Qt can run on Android using the NDK. Then you have a trivial porting effort... And now that Meego is the OS and Symbian is dumped, there is even less barriers...
iOS: "My dev army is bigger than yours."
Android: "That's what she said."
i see a lot of android fannies trying to justify small numbers.. don't worry. its not about the size ;) totally joking of course. i think its the consumer who wins on either side when these things get moving. i do wish apple would employ something like widgets in iOS tho. i saw some widget action on a friends nexus one and was def cool/handy. - tho we both agree we wished it had the variety available to iOS.
i took an iphone dev class and realized that programming for the iphone sucked. wont see me developing for iOS anytime soon. andriod however has endless limitations! and theres no developers fee!