subject: Android Development Is Essential For Business [print this page] Android is new emerging technology in the mobile market. It has got massive adoption from mobile users. It has captured nearly 50% market of mobile users and its popularity is increasing day-by-day. It has left iPhone and other smart phones far behind in this technological race. Android applications have provided ample opportunities to both users and companies to grow vertically as well as horizontally. Android enjoys adaptations from individuals, small and medium companies and enterprises and large corporate establishment. All of the above organizations prefer Android over other platforms. This leadership position is not by chance but have solid reasons to make this OS run on half of the smart phones worldwide. Lets see brief review of these reasons in this article.
Price
This is most important factor in the growth of any mobile platform. Android OS is freely available in the market as it is opensource and this cut the cost of the devices overall. Due to free availability there are stiff competition among its hardware vendors this further reduce the cost of devices so you can find Android smart phone in range of $200-600. In this price range iPhone is not available and have to pay dear some costs for it.
Development Cost
Moreover, application development cost is negligible in case of Android because of two factors; one is it is Java based therefore it is easy to learn and another is availability of the developers and easy and cheap tools. Thus in compare to iPhone development which is demands learning Objective C, C++, X-code, Cocoa Touch, etc. while Android needs only Java which is easy to learn language. There are no license fee and other restrictions in case of Android development this reduces your initial investment. Your developers should not go for anyones approval after the development for Android. This further reduces the time to reach at the target audience.
Free Market
After development you need not go to Apple store like restricted market and you need not to register for any selling in case of Android development. Android is open market and you can sell your apps with the help of third party vendors or directly selling through your websites. While in case of iPhone you cant sale your apps without the help of Apple store.
Security
Security aspect is fully attained when you use Linux architecture and Android is based on Linux Kernel therefore you data are secure with Android application.
