Google’s Android is working to match the iPhone App Store’s mobile software market but with fewer restrictions for developers. This article is the fourth in a series examining how Android stacks up in comparison to the iPhone as a smartphone software platform, with this segment looking at third party support.
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Previous articles in this series have examined the underlying core technology and business models used by Apple and Google to create their smartphone platforms. This segment looks at how each platform compares in terms of third party software offerings and the market for those apps available to both users and developers, and how they stack up against previous attempts to deliver third party mobile software markets. On page three, there’s a direct comparison of the Android and iPhone software stores, along with some serious issues impacting the platforms’ futures. How important are different mobile software platforms? Microsofts chief software architect Ray Ozzie recently told his audience that, among smartphone platforms, “all the apps that count will be ported to every one of them.” However, this summer Google’s VP of engineering Vic Gundotra said that even his well funded company does not expect to port its apps to every platform, insisting that “we’re not rich enough to support RIM” and every other proprietary smartphone platform available.
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