‘Only’ 12% of developers ‘very interested’ in Kindle development

March 31st, 2010 admin

A survey by Appcelerator, a company that provides hosting and services for app developers, shows that only 12% of the developers surveyed  showed high interest in developing apps for the Kindle. At some level this should not be a surprise – there aren’t that many people interested in reading, only 3 to 5 million of them have eReaders, and there are lots of other platforms that are competing. It is, however, worth investigating the reasons the Kindle app platform appeals or does not appeal to developers. Factors that combine to make the Kindle App Store less …


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