Android App Development a Lucrative Career Opportunity

A recent survey has indicated that Android based mobile phones are selling at a faster pace as compared to other Smartphones. The percentage difference is quite high. This has led to the shift of development towards android applications.

Figures reveal that 67% of app developers are Android app developers while 59% of app developers develop iPhone applications. The figures have gone-up substantially in the recent survey as compared to the last one conducted only a year back. Moreover the number of app developers for other mobiles is also increasing due to their popularity in the local masses. There is an overall increase in the number of mobile app developers owing to the increase in sale of Smartphones and other related handheld devices like iPad, etc.

Recent survey has also revealed that percentage of app developers who want to develop android apps is also increasing as they are no longer interested in developing Java or Symbian based mobile apps. Future conversion from other apps developers to Android app developers is foreseen between ranges of 35 to 40 percent respectively.

Android based Smartphone are multi-functional. These help to add snob appeal of a person. Open source operating system provides better leverage to work upon the system and handle each project with zeal. Android OS is advantageous over other platforms due to its low priced development tools. Apps developers have to invest less and they earn more from revenue generation.

Individuals are also engaged in the development process owing to lesser development hassles and easy updates on Apps store. In this world of technology, more people follow the ongoing trend and the trend is to build android apps and earn high revenue in less time. The number of Android OS based mobile phones is increasing. The demand for applications is also increasing. The outcome is that developers are concentrating more and provide their customers with the right product. This yields to maximum usage and maximum productivity. Android apps stores are also cashing upon the customers’ interest. They are keeping the price low and still earning huge profits.

Android will capture more than 35% of mobile market share. In that case it is best to get into this field and maximize returns on investment. Third party developers have taken-up the job of customized Android software development. Customers demand specialized software to enhance their business processes. Enhanced business processes yield high profit margins.

Why Android could be a great career boost?

Very few but strong predictions about Android are spreading, worldwide.

Firstly, Android is going to be bigger in terms of consumer reach than its rival, the iPhone OS. Its just because of a true
fact that it will be developed and marketed by all the 50 members of OHA, which includes companies like Google,Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Motorola, Vodafone, Sprint, China mobile and other world leaders in telecommunication industry.

Secondly, Google's support will make everything possible in this Internet era, but up to now, they hadn't started making money from their Android-based activities.On the other hand, by 2012, apart from Symbian and Android, iPhone will target its 
businesses development towards its rival, the Blackberry in their segment. But predictions say that, Android is completely made for mass market, and its lack of business features (Unlike, Winslow Mobile and Blackberry, while both them has business exchange compatibility and PC-Synchronization features) will create new chances for its rivals.

According to Gartner, Android’s smartphone market share will grow to 14 percent from less than 2 percent by 2012, and the 
Symbian’s slide will continue, giving way to Android. That kind of historical performance by Android would mirror the Apple iPhone's rule. The firstgeneration iPhone was launched in 2007, in the U.S. and immediately, it took the world by storm. On its 
release, the iPhones grabbed a good 11% of the smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2009 and continued to expand day by day. But the predictions about Android’s gathering momentum, will overtake Apple in just 2 years.

Almost all handset vendors are trying to board the Android's bandwagon, while the Google has effectively grown a massive android developer's community, and also, Android is backed by the America’s largest mobile network carrier, the T-Mobile.

Third, is the great Job Opportunities in Android platform. The Mobile applications platform already provides huge job 
opportunities in the current IT field. The new popular Android Mobile platform is now used by many mobile manufactures and 
released 3G Mobiles day by day. However as we mentioned that, Android will be used in many other applications and so the job opportunities increased from end of 2008 in both Android Mobile applications development and Hardware solutions like preparing Android customization/optimization, prepare BSP, Device drivers, Porting into many Architecture,.etc We are expected the demands for Android developers will be increased rapidly.