Angry Bird's creator: Apple still does mobile apps best

[xune]

In a recent interview, Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio (the makers, if you haven't heard by now, of Angry Birds) says that from a developer viewpoint, Apple is the platform to go with. "They have gotten so many things right," says Vesterbacka, "and they know what they are doing and they call the shots." He says that Android's issue isn't so much about device fragmentation as it is "ecosystem fragmentation" -- by spreading itself out so much, Google's smartphone OS has "so many different shops, so many different models" running that it's tough for developers to find their own place in all of the chaos.

Angry Birds creators: Apple still does mobile apps best

 

[mich]

love angry birds!!!!

 

[Superbike81]

Apple set the example, now it's up to others to play catch up and maybe even surpass them.

 

[SBHOKC]

Apple set the example, now it's up to others to play catch up and maybe even surpass them.

This is what Apple and I banking on!

 

[Superbike81]

I find the comment about ecosystem fragmentation interesting. While it true that it's easier to develop for a single device on a single market (iOS), the latest sales figures show that Android phones are outselling iPhones. While it may be more simple and safer to develop for iOS, if a developer completely ignores Android, they will eventually be ignoring a larger portion of the market. Not to say this can't work, but I'm sure the goal of most developers is to reach as many potential customers as they can.