tag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:/discussions/suggestions/850-android-pleaseThe Mental Faculty: Discussion 2011-11-06T10:05:05Ztag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/83327182011-07-01T20:23:20Z2011-07-01T20:23:20ZAndroid please<div><p>Hi Kenneth,<br>
I'm afraid we don't have the expertise or resources to do this at
the moment. Thanks for the feedback. We will take it on board.<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/83327182011-11-06T05:10:13Z2011-11-06T05:10:13ZAndroid please<div><p>Drew,</p>
<p>Kenneth is right. According to the most recent Nielsen data,
Android has 43% of the market, Apple's iOS has 28%. Android has an
even greater advantage among new smartphone users, and sales of
android phones have increased 5-fold over the last year. Revenue
remains higher for iOS apps, but this data doesn't include
advertising dollars for free apps, which dominate the android
market. If you don't rethink your business plan, you will miss
out.</p>
<p>Dan</p></div>Dantag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/83327182011-11-06T10:05:05Z2011-11-06T10:05:05ZAndroid please<div><p>Hi Dan,</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing the information.</p>
<p>I do follow these things, but I think the Android numbers are
vastly inflated by people who just want a cheap phone, and have no
intention of downloading apps (except maybe Angry Birds). Android
is basically picking its new users up at the expense of 'cheap'
phone manufactures like Nokia, not Apple.</p>
<p>The figures on revenue are shockingly in favor of iOS. iPhone
buyers seem to be people who have money to spend -- they choose the
iPhone after all -- and are willing to buy apps, because Apple has
done a good job on its App Store. As someone who developed for the
Mac for years, when it had a 2-5% market share, I can assure you
that Apple's 2-5% is a good 2-5% of the market to have; willing to
spend money on apps.</p>
<p>Although it would be nice to have an Android version, other
developers who have done this tell me sales there are generally
much lower. I do not want to go down the advertising line.</p>
<p>I don't have any experience with Android, and the time I would
need to spend learning it could better be spent making the Apple
products better. I'm sure there are already lots of good Android
flashcard apps. If the market is booming there, they must be there
too.</p>
<p>Drew</p></div>drewmccormack