Interesting graph: Android development vs. iPhone development

[Erel]

According to Google Trends:

[vb1992]

Looks like you built basic4android right at the rise of android!

[Erel]

Yes, I had my share of luck
When I started it was not so clear that it is better to target Android than iPhone in relation to developers interest.

[stevel05]

A friend of mine used to say "It's funny that the harder I work, the luckier I get!"

I think that may have something to do with it Erel.

[Erel]

I'm not working too hard. It will be more correct to say that I'm dedicated, focused and also a bit obsessive

[vb1992]

They have a term for that: HyperFocus

Hyperfocus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


8-)

[Erel]

I also forgot to mention that I have an amazing community working with me. Take for example the bug discovered and solved yesterday in the beta version.

It would have taken weeks to discover and fix it without the help of this community.

[stevel05]

Originally Posted by Erel

a bit obsessive

As are many of your users judging by the amount of traffic on the forums

[joseluis]

I'm so happy of having found this community.

I'm learning so much by reading through all the forum that my brain tingles! I feel so thankful to google for creating Android and to Erel for making b4a because this it's the first time that I feel truly confident that I can bring to reality the fabulous software that I have in my mind.

[COBRASoft]

Erel, these numbers are impressive. You should have add Windows Mobile aswell. Remember, Microsoft had '100%' of the professional PDA business in their hands. Now... almost none. Windows Phone is not 'ready' for pro users. The rugged hardware simply doesn't exist for WP. Android on the other hand is winning terrain on every market. More and more rugged smartphones are coming out at 25% of the price of Windows Mobile.

And yes, I 'hate' Java, I 'hate' every C-like language where you have to put a ';' at the end of each line. Not because the languages are bad, but it develops so much slower than BASIC. For this, I thank you Erel, I feel at home on this new exiting platform. Thanks to you, our company has a very bright future. We even changed our business plan completely, solely due to B4A!