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Mobile Development Survey 2011, v1
Evans Data Corp, July 2011, Pages: 209
This is the 21st volume of our Mobile Development Survey series, the most comprehensive existing research series focusing exclusively on mobile development. This detailed report consists of extensive in-depth interviews with 385+ developers worldwide active in mobile development. Includes sections on mobile platforms, device development and deployment, app stores and the business of mobile development, adoption of content formats and technologies, types of apps being developed, porting between platforms, location and map based development, as well as issues and requirements important to mobile developers.
This survey captures a transitional period, where there is great expansion of new delivery channels and shifting developer focus on new platforms. Previously titled the Wireless Development Survey, this report will now be referred to as the Mobile Development Survey which better describes the intent of the research and analysis.
More Than Half Of Mobile Developers Use Location Based Services In Their Apps – New Evans Data Survey Shows
Fifty-four percent of developers working on apps for mobile devices are including location based and mapping services into those apps, according to a survey of over 400 mobile developers recently released to subscribers. Location based services in most demand for mobile platforms continue to be local search, feedback and map display, while the most likely platforms for targeting are web and multiple mobile platforms.
'There’s still some interest amongst developers to deploy exclusively to a single native device platform, but the trend is to support multiple platforms either through porting tools and frameworks or web-based apps”, said Janel Garvin, CEO of Evans Data Corp. 'Naturally location based services are in demand and search and mapping are understandably the top capability developers incorporate, but we were surprised to see a lot of weakness in both geo fencing and advertising – areas where there has been a lot of media interest but little from developers.”
The survey looked at twelve different types of location based capabilities and asked developers to rate the importance of each. Advertising was rated least important by developers.
The Evans Data Mobile Development Survey is published twice a year and measures the adoption patterns, intentions and usage of technologies by developers working on apps for mobile devices. The latest survey covers platform adoption, application monetization, the mobile enterprise, web runtime apps vs. native apps, mobile security, tools, SDKs and demand for specific APIs.
Conducted biannually, 385+ respondents
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