During the LeWeb conference in Paris Schmidt commented that he believes developers will abandon iOS for Android in less than 6 months, furthermore “he believes the high volume of Android shipments, which has given Google the largest share of worldwide smartphone sales, will win over developers.”
Since the introduction of the first smartphone and the App stores they brought with them, mobile users now have access to almost one million different applications, offering everything from social networking to addictive an hugely popular games such as Angry Birds.
When asked what he thought about the fact that most mobile applications are first released on Apple’s iOS App Store and then released on the Android platform, Schmidt stated that within 6 months Android 4.0 which, is known as Ice Cream Sandwich, will put Android on the map and gain the leading position for application developers.
While Schmidt might think that Android can overtake iOS, there is no denying the numbers, since the release of the App Store more than 600,000 apps have entered the store while a still respectable 320,000 applications have been released for the Android Market.
While Android does seem to be gaining in popularity, the fact that the App Store remains mostly free of malware, an issues which has been growing on the Android platform, added with the fact that developing apps for the iOS still seems to be more popular makes me believe that in 6 months developers will still be favoring Apple and iOS even if Android is gaining in popularity.
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Dream on. Android is way harder to code for than iOS and the amount of money to be made is way less. Android users do not pay. Just look at the FastCompany chart on the mobile App economy:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665591/infographic-of-the-day-everything-about-the-mobile-app-market
I thought it was going to be some ok old blog post, but frankly it compensated for my time. I will post a link to this page on my web site. I am sure my site visitors will find that very handy.
I Love to hear words like These from People like mr. Schmidt. Of course, he’d Love to see this coming. But why should I want to develop an App for Android? I want to make Money with my work. So I keep with iOS instead, for there, People are willing to pay for it. @Maurice: thanx for the link
I must admit I was also surprised by the comments made by Mr. Schmidt especially since predictions are stating that iOS will remain most popular for a while to come.
Lol just stumbled on this its funny cause devs are abandoning Android for IOS like crazy right now very bad prediction this article was.