This article takes a (largely) unbiased look at the strengths and weaknesses of developing for Android vs iOS. Which is easier and most profitable?

Developers also have to pay a fairly low one-time registration fee of $25. Going beyond smartphones. Developing Android apps means building software for an entire ecosystem of devices.

Microsoft is heading for a single UI framework for everything from web apps to native desktop and mobile apps.

If you're building applications for Android and iOS, cross-platform mobile development tools can make you more productive. Just don't expect the results to look pretty.

There are plenty of developers today using Xamarin to write apps for Android and iOS using C# and .NET. These apps should be easily portable to Windows 8 and Windows Phone—but often those ...

The rumors were true. Five million PHP developers will now be able to design and build mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.

Perhaps nowhere is the difference between developing mobile apps for iOS and Android more pronounced than in the process of accessing a distribution channel to get the app to its intended users.

Despite iOS getting this first app mover advantage, more developers target Android phones overall than target iPhones (84% rank Android phones as a priority vs 77% for iPhones).

A fragmented approach - Both iOS and Android apps work according to their own paradigm, with differences in their respective UI/ UX experiences.