On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Efi Merdler-Kravitz <[email protected]> wrote: > :-) > Why do you think appbrain are not reliable ?
Well, I suppose it depends on how you define "reliable". It is absolutely reliable as a picture of the most popular devices among AppBrain users, barring AppBrain screwing up the counts somehow. If you believe that AppBrain users are representative of your target audience, then it should be fine for you. I think AppBrain users are not representative of the general Android user population (most of whom have probably never heard of AppBrain), and so this data might skew more towards more-powerful devices, but that's just me. Any survey, whether free or fancy-paid ones, will have some sort of bias. The stuff on the Android developer site for API levels, for example, is only for requests made to the Android Market and therefore will miss Market-less devices (Kindle Fire, various flavors of Nook, first-generation ARCHOS tablets, etc.). My apologies for the attitude I copped on my previous reply -- I'm a bit short on sleep. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.6 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
