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From: poldy
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:00

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In article <pdrqn.379$XI1.342@newsfe20.iad>,
 Bhairitu <noozguru@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have customers who want iPhone versions of my apps but I don't own a 
> Mac and not entirely sure it would be worth the effort especially 
> learning a junk language such as Object C which I would only use for the 
> iPhone.  Cost of developing for Android: my time and $25.  Of course I 
> bought an Android phone too but that was months after I released my 
> first Android app.

Bigger market, greater sales?

There are of course a bunch of stories about developers working on an 
iPhone apps. in their spare time and hitting it big.  But now with 140k 
apps, that kind of success may be more elusive.

Gameloft said the iPhone versions of their games outsold Android 
versions by 40 to 1 a few months back.

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From: poldy <poldy@kfu.com>
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Subject: Re: New smartphone
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