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    rastaVnuce
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    A debate is going on around here these days about starting a project for a mobile platform. One of the biggest question marks is the platform. Which would would you choose, if you start a new project, now? iPhone, Android, Symbian, Maemo... anything else?

    Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!

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      A debate is going on around here these days about starting a project for a mobile platform. One of the biggest question marks is the platform. Which would would you choose, if you start a new project, now? iPhone, Android, Symbian, Maemo... anything else?

      Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!

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      mav octaval
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      You should research each platform's market share. I think symbian has the biggest, and is also the suckiest platform.

      -- Si dos montan un caballo, uno debe ir detrás.

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        A debate is going on around here these days about starting a project for a mobile platform. One of the biggest question marks is the platform. Which would would you choose, if you start a new project, now? iPhone, Android, Symbian, Maemo... anything else?

        Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!

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        Lost User
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        Depends on the target audience and the nature of the app.

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          A debate is going on around here these days about starting a project for a mobile platform. One of the biggest question marks is the platform. Which would would you choose, if you start a new project, now? iPhone, Android, Symbian, Maemo... anything else?

          Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!

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          Joe Woodbury
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          Do some market research. Identify who your target audience is and determine through research what platforms they favor. For example, in the warehouse/scanner market, Windows Mobile would be the overwhelming choice. Unfortunately, that's the only place I can think of where the answer is beyond obvious.

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            A debate is going on around here these days about starting a project for a mobile platform. One of the biggest question marks is the platform. Which would would you choose, if you start a new project, now? iPhone, Android, Symbian, Maemo... anything else?

            Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!

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            Media2r
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            I am looking into iPhone and Android, but for the moment my skillset is geared towards Windows Mo... -some other mobile platform. Call me naive, but I thing MS has a few jokers up their sleeve that will be revealed with WM7. I am hoping, anyways. //L

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              A debate is going on around here these days about starting a project for a mobile platform. One of the biggest question marks is the platform. Which would would you choose, if you start a new project, now? iPhone, Android, Symbian, Maemo... anything else?

              Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!

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              Paul Watson
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              What's your business? Don't forget Blackberry development. Not as fun as iPhone dev (which is only fun in comparison to say Symbian) but strong amongst business users. Also, mobile-web is picking up. HTML5 is providing enough features to make for usable mobile web-apps. Palm's WebOS is web-based, but runs locally. Depends really on the interaction you require.

              cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                You should research each platform's market share. I think symbian has the biggest, and is also the suckiest platform.

                -- Si dos montan un caballo, uno debe ir detrás.

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                Dan Neely
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                Isn't symbian also shedding market share as fast as winmo because it's primarily the OS on basic phones?

                3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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