Android Tablets gain popularity among App Developers

By Silicon India

Android tablets seem to top the developers' priority list, according to a recently done survey. The survey shows that the developers and businesses are likely to triple their efforts in the field of application development. The popularity of mobile applications appears to be fading away with the interest shifting to Android tablets after iPhones and iPads. Even the small businesses are getting in the race by changing their strategies on mobile application so as to deal with the current trend.

The most interesting and surprising figure out of the Appcelerator and IDC Survey came from the responses on Android tablets. The tablet showed a huge leap with 74 percent developers being 'very interested' and picking up 12 points. On the other hand, Apple iPads gained only 3 percentage points.

Though Honeycomb, was considered as the key factor leading to the attraction towards Android tablets, it came fourth in the list. The survey showed price as the main reason for the tablets' increasing popularity. Price seems to be capable of deciding market share as according to developers it might be used to gain an edge over competitors.

The success of Android smart phones has also contributed in tablets' popularity among Developers as they are of the opinion that their knowledge in generating phone apps can help then in creating tablet programs.

Apart from Android smart phones, the success of Android market as a whole also increases their interests in the tablets. Many are looking forward to the upcoming Amazon's store of Android app, 8-in 10 were interested in distributing the apps in e-market and 37 percent were even eager to try the Amazon when it launches.

This survey which was conducted two weeks ago, also shows that 92 percent of the developers surveyed were 'very interested' in creating iPhone applications. However, 87 percent of the participants responded similarly for the Android based smart phones, which is a five point jump from the last survey done 3 months ago.

The survey polled more then 2, 200 Appcelerator Titanium developers. They were surveyed on topics catering to mobile development plans, mobile Operating System priorities and feature priorities in 2011.