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JavaME & .Net Compact Top Wireless Development Platforms |
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Written by Content Team
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Jun 25, 2008 at 01:49 AM |
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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 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.
Other highlights include:
* 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.
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