No Surprises

Craiggy's comment illustrates the problem - while Android users are reluctant to part with their cash / view Apple's users as gullible idiots for spending £5 on a game, the Android software market is going to lag behind.

Hobbyist and part-time developers working for kicks / pin-money are only going to take it so far.

We're back to John Carmack's comment to a room full of developers - 50% of them had Android phones, but barely any of them would spend $10 on a game - hence, John pointed out, why he wasn't developing for Android (at that time - they're starting too now).

It's irrelevant whether you think that price is too high. The only thing that counts is whether the total revenue to be made exceeds the development costs (and makes a profit).

What isn't going to work is constantly posting requests for Android ports on developers websites, citing the larger marketshare of Android devices, as if developers were somehow obliged.

(How dare they write code to make money!)

Excuse me while I wade through this veritable tsunami of bile and vitriol but did we stop to think that maybe it's because iPhone users tend to have a higher disposable income and so are more likely to buy apps? It's kinda the same reason why the software market on the Mac tends to be fairly healthy as well, disproportional to it's market share.

We'll now return you to your normal scheduled programming of fanboi foot stamping, insults and unhinged conspiracy theorising.

Well...

The truth is, there are some very nice android phones out there...

but hardware manufacturers will stick Android on any old phone, whether or not those users are likely to use its "smart" features or buy apps.

A good chunk of those android device owners will use it *shock horror* as just a phone for calling & texting.

That's why I think the idea that Android is leading the smartphone market is stretched a little. Smartphones sold != Smartphones used.