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Looks like developers of location-aware apps aren't very interested in developing programs for Palm's new WebOS or Symbian. Skyhook Wireless, makers of XPS, the world's first true hybrid positioning system, conducted a survey of mobile application developers to quantify developer attitudes towards the developing location-aware apps on leading mobile platforms./ W! h: H9 b: A/ r1 h
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100 developers from six different platforms including, iPhone, Android, Symbian, RIM, Windows Mobile and J2ME took part in the survey.
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' k. v+ q3 c' R4 ]0 o5 c5 L G56% of all the developers surveyed plan to port their application to other platforms. Looks like most of the developers are interested in Android as 58% of non-Android developers plan to port to that platform., X: {. O* J# K% Z
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40% of non-iPhone developers plan to port an app to that platform. Only 26% will port to RIM, and 20% will port to Windows Mobile.
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The survey results show that developers are least interested in Palm and Symbian, with only 8% and 9% of developers planning to port their applications to those platforms. |
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