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Think iPhone App Starts Are Up Now? Wait Until March.

in Mobile on February 12, 2010 at 10:27 am PT

The land rush for iPad developers has begun in earnest. In its latest Smartphone Industry Pulse, Flurry Analytics notes that iPhone app development spiked following Apple’s official unveiling of the iPad. The mobile analysis firm observed that the number of developers adding the iPhone tracking code to new projects rose from 600 in December to over 1,600 in January.

Pre and Web OS: Longtime Palm Developers Sound Off

in News on January 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm PT

Lots of chatter this past week about the Palm Pre and the Web OS on which it runs–most of it overwhelmingly positive, if not euphoric. Clearly, Palm is on the mend. Still, the fact that the company is entering a market characterized by fierce competition and a furious pace of innovation puts it at an enormous disadvantage. Further, to stage a comeback, it needs a thriving developer ecosystem. And by some accounts, Palm’s developer ecosystem is in disrepair.