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iPhone vs Android App Development: An Inverse Relationship [Apps]
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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2085607" data-attributes="member: 246624"><p><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_095603-flurry_newprojectstarts_android_vs_iphone_h2-2009.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />A mobile analytics firm named Flurry assembled this chart, plotting the percentage of newly registered iPhone and Android app projects over time. The relationship? Frighteningly inverse.</p><p></p><p>While stats like this can certainly be misleading, it almost appears as if a small pocket of developers are jumping ship with every tempting Android or Apple-related project that comes up.</p><p></p><p> The January Apple app development boost, for instance, is attributed to the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/ipad/" target="_blank">iPad</a> (despite it being announced in the waning days of the month). While, it would probably be safe to attribute Android's strong December to the Droid and maybe even teases of the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5440694/google-nexus-one-everything-you-need-to-know" target="_blank">Nexus One</a>. Android's July spike gets a bit more tricky, but the European release of the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5301948/htc-debuts-hero-with-fresh-face-for-android" target="_blank">HTC Hero</a> may have something to do with it.</p><p></p><p> Even though the public wasn't wooed by the iPad, developers certainly were. Of course, some of that love may be fleeting, depending on what Android devices pop up next. Oh, and it should be noted, despite how this graph may look, both Android and iPhone/iPad app development grew in January. [<a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/12/ipad-cited-in-huge-spike-in-new-app-store-application-development/" target="_blank">MacRumors</a>]</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <img src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:H0mrP-F8Qgo" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:D7DqB2pKExk" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:D7DqB2pKExk" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:V_sGLiPBpWU" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> </p><p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/CvGOjuFU52I" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geek, post: 2085607, member: 246624"] [IMG]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_095603-flurry_newprojectstarts_android_vs_iphone_h2-2009.jpg[/IMG]A mobile analytics firm named Flurry assembled this chart, plotting the percentage of newly registered iPhone and Android app projects over time. The relationship? Frighteningly inverse. While stats like this can certainly be misleading, it almost appears as if a small pocket of developers are jumping ship with every tempting Android or Apple-related project that comes up. The January Apple app development boost, for instance, is attributed to the [URL="http://gizmodo.com/tag/ipad/"]iPad[/URL] (despite it being announced in the waning days of the month). While, it would probably be safe to attribute Android's strong December to the Droid and maybe even teases of the [URL="http://gizmodo.com/5440694/google-nexus-one-everything-you-need-to-know"]Nexus One[/URL]. Android's July spike gets a bit more tricky, but the European release of the [URL="http://gizmodo.com/5301948/htc-debuts-hero-with-fresh-face-for-android"]HTC Hero[/URL] may have something to do with it. Even though the public wasn't wooed by the iPad, developers certainly were. Of course, some of that love may be fleeting, depending on what Android devices pop up next. Oh, and it should be noted, despite how this graph may look, both Android and iPhone/iPad app development grew in January. [[URL="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/12/ipad-cited-in-huge-spike-in-new-app-store-application-development/"]MacRumors[/URL]] [URL="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1"][IMG]http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226[/IMG] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:H0mrP-F8Qgo"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:yIl2AUoC8zA"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:D7DqB2pKExk"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:D7DqB2pKExk[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:V_sGLiPBpWU"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=CvGOjuFU52I:dOiQ5Wbxdc4:V_sGLiPBpWU[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/CvGOjuFU52I[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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