Comments on: Android Developers Win Smackdown Vs. iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile, Microsoft Asserts It Has Promising Smartphone Future, & More Mobile Madness Highlights

By: Peter Drinnan

Peter Drinnan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:19:17 +0000

I am a little hesitant to invest a lot of effort in iPhone development as it seems the market is getting saturated with Apps and there are other problems with distribution too. I know some iPhone developers who are really disappointed with their download results after spending months developing apps for iPhone. The way I see it, the only real opportunity is in developing niche apps for specific corporate markets and the platform I would pick for that is Android because of the sheer volume of Android sales. See http://www.businessinsider.com/android-versus-iphone-smartphone-share-2011-4

After 8 months of developing Blackberry apps, I am convinced that Android is the way to go.

By: Jay H

Jay H — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:23:40 +0000

Have to agree with Zach, it seems as though there was no clear winner it the App wars. As identified, all platforms have flaws and issues, and all App markets are worth developing.

Lively debate, good read, no A vs B that can sometimes take over thexe kind of events.

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info — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:47:28 +0000

iPhone versus Android. Pick your favorite and see if you're on the winning team!

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By: Wade Roush

Wade Roush — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:37:10 +0000

@Jesse, @vara411: Thanks for your comments, which are fair. I would have loved to include both webOS/Palm and Symbian in the Mobile Smackdown, but there were a couple of constraints. First, we only had an hour for this part of the event, and we knew that if we put too many people on stage, it would limit each participants’ contribution. So we needed to draw the line somewhere. Second, while we had plenty of iPhone and Android advocates to choose from, we had a very hard time finding people to represent Windows Phone and BlackBerry. My sense was that it would have been even harder to find people to defend webOS and Symbian. But I could have been wrong about that, and if we do this type of event again in the future, I’d like to try to be more inclusive. Anyway, thanks.

By: vara411

vara411 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:38:15 +0000

Umm… webOS? Palm Pre? Hello? I realize it’s a very small and young ecosystem, but there’s lots of developers who would fiercely defend webOS as the best development platform, had they been invited.

This article only tells part of the story.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:39 +0000

Excellent write up!

It was indeed a lively event with good arguments for all platforms. I think it’s fair to say that there were two big takeaways: 1) no platform is perfect – all have flaws. 2) mobile is hot and all platforms are worth developing for today.

@Jesse-
Palm definitely came up in the discussion. The general consensus seemed that the device is way underrated (one of the iPhone team members actually carries a Pre), but the small user-base makes the platform slightly less appealing to develop for in the short term. Palm has a great strategy for development, it just needs more developers like you to realize that.

You’re absolutely right: the marketing is a great idea – something they should have done ages ago.

By: Jesse Nahan

Jesse Nahan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:45 +0000

Congrats to the Android duo, but I was suprised that the Palm Pre wasn’t included. As a developer for the Pre (I built the Forbes Magazine app), I like the speed and the versatility in building WebOS apps. Like the Android, the Pre runs apps in the background and has powerful location tools for developers.

There’s a terrifc WebOS development community and Palm, unlike Apple, is supportive of the unofficial “homebrew” apps.

Palm’s currently blanketing major cities with ads and product placement on “24″ — Jack Bauer uses a Pre! Though I wish they would’ve kicked their advertising into high gear months ago.

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