Greate article in wired magazine comparing the reach of iOS v’s Android when ALL iOS devices are counted. Whilst the guys at Nielson are calling a princely 20 million iPhone sales last quarter they neglect to mention the other iOS devices that brings the number of iOS compatible devices sold to nearly 37 million. Which is a lot in anyones money.
If like me you are campaigning for marketing budget to roll out apps this is a big deal. Depending on your industry (professional services in my case) you probably want to cover off the major smart phones. RIM have a trillion interfaces and a terrible apps store which in my optinion make them better suited to mobile web solutions. Android and iOS both have blossoming app stores where getting something in the top 10 will makes a huge difference to download figures.
Considering it costs pretty much twice the proce to develop for iOS and Android a better understand of compatible devices is no bad thing. So thank you Wired for bringing the matter to my attention.
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