Survey finds BlackBerry developers still profitable, Android Market as the store to watch

Although the BlackBerry app store may be missing a favorite app or ten, according to a report from Evans Data Corp., developers are still making money by creating apps for the OS. Although the survey feels a bit narrow in scope (just 400 working developers were polled), 13 percent of ‘Berry devs said they make $100,000 or more per app — which according to the data collectors — is “considerably more than Android or iOS developers.” So why isn’t everyone dropping what they’re doing to develop for RIM’s OS? The problems seemed to outweigh the allure of cold, hard cash. 37 percent said app visibility was the biggest issue with the store , while others griped about the approval process and heavy restrictions. Developers were equally unenthusiastic about BlackBerry’s future, as only 4.8 percent predicted it would have the top market share two years from now — 30.2 percent went with Android and 28.4 percent voted Apple’s App Store. Check out the full report at the source. Continue reading Survey finds BlackBerry developers still profitable, Android Market as the store to watch Filed under: Cellphones Survey finds BlackBerry developers still profitable, Android Market as the store to watch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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