New research shows that developers are losing interest in writing apps for Windows Phone 7. Combined with a separate report showing that consumer interest is waning as well, it appears that Microsoft's phone platform is losing steam.
A joint survey between IDC and appcelerator about developer interest in smartphone platforms has bad news for Windows Phone 7. Only 29% of developers say they are very interested in writing apps for the platform --- a drop of 7% from a quarter ago. That 29% is just barely above the percentage of developers who said the would be very interested back in September, before Windows Phone 7 was released.
This research comes at the same time that a Nielsen survey found that between January to March 2011, only 6% of consumers planning on buying a smartphone said they would buy a Windows Phone 7 device, down from 7% for the July to September 2010 time period.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/226542/
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A joint survey between IDC and appcelerator about developer interest in smartphone platforms has bad news for Windows Phone 7. Only 29% of developers say they are very interested in writing apps for the platform --- a drop of 7% from a quarter ago. That 29% is just barely above the percentage of developers who said the would be very interested back in September, before Windows Phone 7 was released.
This research comes at the same time that a Nielsen survey found that between January to March 2011, only 6% of consumers planning on buying a smartphone said they would buy a Windows Phone 7 device, down from 7% for the July to September 2010 time period.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/226542/
