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From: Bhairitu
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:27

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poldy wrote:
> 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.

Up until a few months ago the only carrier in the US with Android was 
T-Mobile.  The Android market share is growing though I think the bad 
economy is having a dampening effect on smartphone adoption.  I think if 
the iPhone was introduced today and Android was not yet around it might 
have problems with adoption too.

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