Develop for the iPhone or Android?
We might be a little Apple-platform centric here right? But what does Google’s Android offer developers? Infoworld compares the two smart phone SDKs in Neil McAllister’s article ‘SDK shoot-out: Android vs. iPhone.’
A smartphone that never expands beyond the capabilities that it shipped with is hardly worth the price. Smartphone vendors, like any OS vendor, must rely on healthy developer ecosystems to keep their platforms thriving and competitive. Apple has definitely succeeded in this area if the reports of big payoffs at the iPhone App Store are to be believed. Will Android be able to match that success?
Although written back in the Fall of 2008, its a nice little comparison, which covers obtaining the SDKs, tools that are used and market share potential.
Related Links
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