Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform is kinda the new kind on the smartphone block. Microsoft planned from the ground up to make the OS very easy to develop for…so how did they do, compared to Android? Norwegian developer Frode “Nilzor” Nilsen ran both platforms through a few paces to see how they match up.
Nilzor shed all bias (as best anyone can) and went in to see which platform was going to work best for him.
“The technology wasn’t a big factor in the decision I had to take. First and foremost I wanted to make money. Most money with least effort – that was basically my goal (isn’t everyone’s?). Technology is of course a factor when it comes to effort, but most important was which phone was most attractive to the public, hence giving me the largest market.”
So what was his finding?
In terms of scores (higher numbers are better), they landed about even. In light of this, he boiled it down and made his decision like this:
“Android is still quite much bigger than for Windows Phone, and that is the factor that makes me pretty sure that my next project will be on an Android device. I reach a greater audience, and that’s always cool both in terms of revenue and feedback. Who want’s to work for weeks in a cellar and when the day comes for publishing, you never hear a word of praise or criticism? So the next project: Android, but the next after that? Who knows – I go where the wind blows.”
[via NolzorBlog, by way of Android Central]