{"id":8641,"date":"2011-05-02T05:05:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T05:05:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-02T05:05:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T05:05:48","slug":"Android-smartphones-winning-over-app-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8641","title":{"rendered":"Android smartphones winning over &#8216;app&#8217; makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Google is the new darling of software wizards out to cash-in on the world&#8217;s love for customising smartphones with fun, hip or functional applications.  Developers once obsessed with &#8220;apps&#8221; for Apple&#8217;s hot-selling iPhones are touting creations tailored for smartphones built on the Google-backed Android platform.  &#8220;In the past seven months, Android has become the de facto second platform out there that people are developing for,&#8221; AppNation chairman Drew Ianni told AFP during the gathering of software entrepreneurs this week in San Francisco.  &#8220;I think there is a general wait-and-see interest regarding platforms outside of Apple iOS and Android,&#8221; he added.  Mobile platforms being watched by developers include BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and Hewlett-Packard&#8217;s webOS.  Ianni expected smartphones based on Microsoft or HP software to increase in allure as they gain traction in the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need a third platform that is viable, otherwise it is going to be the Android show,&#8221; Urban Airship chief executive Scott Kveton said after taking part in an AppNation panel.  &#8220;Android is growing at a phenomenal rate,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid it is going to be Android running away with it.&#8221;  Urban Airship provides tools that help developers make money from smartphone programs. Early in April the Oregon-based company added a feature allowing people to make purchases inside Android applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Increasingly, people are finding it a good investment to build for Android and build for tablets and we are trying to support them,&#8221; Google director of mobile Americas Jason Spero said after an on-stage chat at AppNation.  Android&#8217;s share of the US smartphone market has surged this year while BlackBerry&#8217;s sunk, according to recent figures from industry tracker comScore.  Android commanded a third of the market, while BlackBerry ranked second with 29 per cent and Apple third with 25 per cent, comScore reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Google-backed Android platform:<br \/>\nWe are the Champions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/04854XqcfCY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/stories\/technologynews\/view\/1126034\/1\/.html\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is the new darling of software wizards out to cash-in on the world&#8217;s love for customising smartphones with 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