Comments on: The App Developer's Guide to Choosing a Mobile Platform

By: David H. Deans

David H. Deans — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:36:19 +0000

Rachel, point taken, regarding AT&T's perspective of their iPhone user base -- and how they have shared statistics that aid in their marketing efforts. Regardless, I was referring to the results of the most recent independent market research studies (that I track), and based upon the results of those "objective" studies BlackBerry remains the market leader for business users.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:57:32 +0000

In response to David, I think it’s worth noting that ATT released a stat the other day saying a large portion of their iPhone sales now are going to business users. I think this space is moving WAAAAY to fast for you to say “Blackberry is for business users.” Also, I added a link to this article on our smartphone app development company Appiction’s new blog “So You Want an App. This is the type of question that comes up a lot with our clients: http://www.soyouwantanapp.tumblr.com

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By: Colin Gibbs

Colin Gibbs — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:22:41 +0000

Thanks for asking, David.

It's true that most OSes support specific segments, but it's easy to over-simplify matters. BlackBerry and iPhone have blurred the lines between consumer and enterprise markets, and each major OS has specific strengths and weaknesses (technical, regional, demographic, etc.) that are discussed in the report. And yeah, we include forward-looking view that considers market forces and other factors.

Love to hear what you think of it!

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By: David H. Deans

David H. Deans — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:03:16 +0000

Is this topic really worthy of a market study?

BlackBerry has the business user segment, and iPhone has the consumer user segment. Won't developers continue to gravitate to the pre-existing momentum in the marketplace? Where's the current "fragmentation" that would justify the need for a Guide? Or, is this a forward-looking view of the marketplace that anticipates more granular segmentation in the future?

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