Google- First Choice for LBS Development

According to a newly released survey of professional developers working on applications for mobile devices, Google is the first choice among wireless developers for developing location-enhanced applications. The survey conducted worldwide in September, showed that 38.4% of developers preferred using Google technologies for location based development. The closest competitors were Microsoft followed by Nokia.

Use of location-based services is strongest in the Asia Pacific region, where over half of wireless developers are currently incorporating location-based services in their development. North American developers were the second most likely to be developing location aware applications where 47% were doing so. The most common use of location-based services in development involves individual tracking, followed by vehicle tracking.

Other findings from the survey of almost 400 wireless developers worldwide include:

• Almost two-thirds (60.5%) of wireless developers plan to be using open source or Linux-specific tools.
• Application runtime environment is the first consideration when choosing a wireless target platform for 44% of wireless developers - almost three times as many as first consider any other factor - including device, operating system, computer language etc.
• Java ME is the leading wireless runtime environment.

Source: Cellular News