A poll (pdf), conducted two weeks ago by Appcelerator and research firm IDC, polled more than 2,200 developers and found that 92% said that they were “very interested” in creating apps for the iPhone, while 87% answered the same for Android-based smartphones, a five point jump since the last poll three months ago.
“Android tablet development picked up 12 points, with 74% saying they were very interested,” said Scott Schwarzhoff, vice president of marketing at Appcelerator. Apple’s iPad, meanwhile, gained just three percentage points to 87% of the developers.
The quick climb by Android tablets in the survey, is largely based on the scores of companies saying at the Consumer Electronics Show last month that they would launch such devices this year.
With so many Android tablets slated to ship this year — by Schwarzhoff’s count, 85 were announced at CES earlier this month — so prices are expected to be lower than Apple’s iPad. That, reports ComputerWorld, translates into market share.
