“What I learned was this: Apple continues to rule because it brings in the most business; Android is a distant second; BlackBerry is promising; Symbian is dead to the world; and Microsoft’s year-end Windows 7 release is too far away to care about,” Duryee reports.
“When chatting with a number of developers during BlackBerry’s presentation on Tuesday, the message was that it was still mostly about the iPhone. Kevin, a so-called Android consultant, even admitted that Android ‘is hot right now, but also some people aren’t feeling it,'” Duryee reports. “Simon Maddox, a UK-based developer who makes apps for large brands, said iPhone requests still dominate. ‘First, brands ask for the iPhone, and then if any money is left over in the budget, it’s Android.'”
Duryee reports, “Now he’s particularly busy fulfilling requests for the iPad. ‘After it was announced, I got a ridiculous amount of emails from brands.'”
Full article here.
My name says it all!
ok, I’ll say it: “Bloodbath.”
is’nt distant second the same as dead last these days?
What are all these brands he’s talking about?
Is he from Wyoming, Texas or Alberta?
Being first alternate is a Billion dollar business.
The two-faced backstabber schmidt should take note of this article. He may yap about x number of android phones shipped all he wants, but those phones will be collecting dust on the shelf without sufficient apps and app developers behind them.
Love the quote: “First, brands ask for the iPhone, and then if any money is left over in the budget, it’s Android.”
Bigger point here is this: Nokia, RIM, Palm and Microsoft need to be very seriously thinking about their own mobile strategies.
Android is barely 15 months old now. Yet, it is ahead of RIM, as well as MS (the two companies with the longest continuity with their mobile OS ecosystem), in addition to Palm (a well-known mobile brand, albeit with a new OS).
It is clear that developers have decided that out of all non-iPhone alternatives, Android is the only one worth the development effort. And even there, we’ll have to see where the fragmentation will take the platform; the chances aren’t all that great.
For Apple, it is still smooth sailing (the story is playing out exactly the same way it did with the iPod). For people who, for whatever reason, cannot get an iPhone (carrier lock-in, country non-availability), Android is about the only remaining choice. Two years ago, they had no such choice; today, at least that choice isn’t nearly as sucky as Windows Mobile.
Seems like Apple’s Mac business does quite well, leading the way as “a distant second.”
@ken1w
Nice try, Ken. But Android is not the higher quality alternative to the iPhone experience as the Mac is to the Windows PC. Android must be first if HTC/Motorola/etc. are going to make any money.
The shit is hitting the fan for Google’s Nexus One Super super super phone.
Leo Laport, the tech geek and pundit who switched his iPhone for the Nexus One confirmed that the multi-tasking feature on Nexus Ones results in serious battery drain and poses an irritating interference in basic telephony tasks. It takes up to 45 minutes to recover from a freeze.
… second.. and closing in slowly!
@ vsp
“Leo (Laport) joins the Woz in saying that the Nexus One is the best smart phone he’s ever used.”
“I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner. <snip> I decided to take the plunge. I’ve wanted to have a GPS unit for my car anyway, and I thought that google navigation might finally make a phone useful.And it does. What a difference! I no longer feel like I’m dragging a phone with me “just in case” I would need to get in touch with somebody ¿ now I’m having a useful (and admittedly pretty good-looking) gadget instead. The fact that you can use it as a phone too is kind of secondary.”
“No I’m still a happy Nexus One user”
LOL.. good going..
Tricia Duryee must have visited a different MWC 2010 than I did on Wednesday. There were more visitors walking with Android phones in their pockets than iPhones, there were more stands of companies doing things for Android (and almost all that did do things for iPhone also featured an Android version) and the developers I spoke were more interested in Android. Sure “big brands” will ask for an iPhone app first, logical as AT THIS MOMENT, there are more iPhone users out there but the momentum has certainly shifted towards Android.