Tablet-optimized applications are all the rage in the realm of today’s mobile app developers.
Based on the latest findings of research firm Vision Mobile, well over half of all mobile developers are now actively creating tablet-specific mobile apps.
“Tablets are now a mainstream screen for developers,” says Matos Kapetanakis of Vision Mobile. “Developers are rapidly responding to the rising popularity of tablets: our Developer Economics 2012 survey found that, irrespective of platform, more than 50% of developers are now targeting tablets, with iOS developers most likely (74%) to do so.”
Kapetanakis says this growth represents a “massive increase” over last year, when just a third of developers (34.5%) reported targeting tablets.
“On the other end of the spectrum are TVs and game consoles,” Kapetanakis adds, “with fewer than 10% of developers targeting those screens.”
The report also sheds light on just how expensive and time-consuming it remains to develop top-notch apps today.
iOS most expensive platform to develop on at $27,000 per app. Apple’s iOS is the most costly platform to target, on average costing just above $27,000 per app, 21% more expensive than Android and 81% more expensive than Blackberry. The average app will take approximately three man-months to develop.
That’s definitely something to think about when we complain about having to cough up $.99 for a really good app.
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