If you want to trace "mass media hype driven by spending large sums of cash" I suggest you compare how much Google has spent marketing Android with how much Apple has spent marketing iOS. I can't recall the last Google funded Android commercial I saw on TV.
In terms of what platform you want to develop for, you may also wish to compare recent sales numbers for iPhone to recent sales numbers for Android devices. If you are more convinced by existing market share then current sales, I would suggest you compare either of those to J2ME and BREW device sales. While those 2 still greatly outnumber smartphones, there is nothing stopping Android from cannibalizing the feature phone market. On the other hand, if you want money NOW, and you want to be an independent application developer who depends directly upon immediate sales, it does make sense to do iOS development. If you can find funding, and are willing to accept a lower rate of return now, but an exponentially greater rate of return in the long run, I'd target Android. Either way, once you create an application that generates you some revenue, you'll want to port it to the other platform, and then to J2ME, Brew, etc. Uniwar is a good example of that. My 2 cents, MK On Jun 28, 11:22 am, "iC and iC++" <mahd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do not waste you time with android. It is a mass media hype driven by > google spending large sums of cash to create value where it does not > exist. If I were you, I would stick with iPhone app development, as I > can see a real future in that, especially if you like to get paid for > your work. > > On Jun 28, 1:56 am, sagare <sagar.ekb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > I saw thishttp://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html > > and as per what i got the advantages of Android developer device is > > that it is SIM unlocked and unlocked bootloader what i wanted to know > > is are there any other advantages than this of the Android developers > > Device? > > > Also i want to know which device are all of the developers > > using for developing their apps are they using only Android developers > > device or any other device? > > > Also i want to know whether Android developers device has > > Android 2.1 update? > > > Also i want to know is motorola droid a good device to be > > selected for android application testing? > > > Please help me on this. > > > Thanks, > > Sagar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
