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Java ME and .Net Are Top Wireless Platforms – Android and Mac OS Lag Far Behind
Written by Evans Data Corporation
Thursday, 19 June 2008
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-- The .Net Compact Framework and Java ME top the
list of platforms being targeted today by wireless developers,
according to a survey of 384 professional developers working on
wireless apps conducted last month. Forty-two percent were targeting
each platform.
Linux and Windows Mobile 6.0 trailed behind, while Android and Mac OS were being targeted by fewer developers than any other major platform with only 7% of wireless developers creating any apps for either of those platforms.
“Android is less than a year old, and interest in Mac OS for wireless only started with the iPhone, so those two platforms haven’t had the same time in market as most,” said John Andrews, President and CEO of Evans Data Corp. “But both .Net Compact Framework and Java ME are very strong and well entrenched in the wireless development community, so it’s hard to imagine any competing platform dislodging either of them any time soon.”
In this comprehensive survey developers were asked to identify any platforms they were targeting from a list of sixteen that included Symbian, Nokia series 80, Palm OS, RIM OS and others in addition to .Net and Java ME. Margin of error for the survey was + - 5%.
Nokia was the leading device manufacturer with 56% of respondents saying they target Nokia devices. Motorola and Sony / Ericsson followed in popularity with 33% and 29% respectively.
* Over one-third of wireless developers are developing applications for external use by their company’s customers
* The biggest obstacle to be overcome in creating wireless applications is cross-platform testing requirements, followed by lack of access to device APIs
* Location based information is used far more in development in Asia and Europe than in North or South America.
About Evans Data Corporation
Evans Data Corporation provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects.
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