Android handsets are almost as popular as the iPhone among mobile app developers, according to a new study.
The latest mobile survey by IDC and Appcelerator - the outfit that Titantium kit allows developers to build mobile applications with traditional Web tools - shows that 87 percent of mobile developers are very interested in developing for Android phones, compared with 92 percent, which shows similar interest in the iPhone.
Conducted between January 10 and 12, the survey tapped the brains of 2235 Titanium Appcelerator developers.
Interest in Microsoft's Windows 7 Phone topped out at 36 percent, but it's an 8 percent increase since the previous IDC Appcelerator study was launched three months ago.
Obviously, the devs happy with the new Windows phone UI.
Microsoft actually made a reasonably good over the holidays, says Appcelerator vise president of marketing Scott Schwarz Hoff The Reg
We have not hard [sales] figures from Microsoft, but the early read from the developers is that Microsoft did enough to keep them under review, at least in relation to suppliers such as Nokia and Palm.
The new survey also shows growing interest in Android tablets among developers, with 74 percent saying they were very interested in developing for Android tablets, compared with 87 percent eyeing Apple iPad.
There is a 12 percent leap for Android tablets.
Since the last study, released Samsung's Galaxy Android tablet, and dozens of other tablets Android was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Developers, according to the survey also shows more interest as-yet-unreleased BlackBerry playbook.
Play Book of interest almost doubled, from 16 percent to 28 Interest in as-yet-nonexistent WebOS tablet stayed flat at 16 percent.
But while the respondents show great interest in smartphones and tablets, they show less in the new age connected television platforms.
Interest in Google TV rates dropped 11 percent to 33, and Apple TV rates fell 10 percent to 30 ®.
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