iPad Developer Support Continues to Soar
Flurry regularly monitors new project starts by developers within its system to gauge interest across mobile platforms. With over 20,000 apps started by developers within Flurry, we believe this provides meaningful insight on the platforms …
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Flurry's read comes from its own vantage point: an analytics system through which more than 20,000 apps have been started, letting it treat developer project begins as a leading indicator of platform momentum rather than waiting for sales figures. Its April 1 report shows iPad project starts continuing to climb, making the tablet the newest front in the same multi-platform race Flurry has been charting across iPhone, iPod Touch, and rival smartphone systems.
The trend: Mobile platform competition is increasingly decided by developer adoption metrics, with independent analytics firms like Flurry turning project-start counts into the leading indicator of which ecosystems win new device categories.