From Appcelerator developer survey:
In January, interest in the Apple platform was overwhelmingly high, with 90% of developers saying they were very interested in building an iPad app within the year. Fast forward two months to an updated developer poll taken March 23 – March 25 and there is sustained interest in the platform, but within an increasingly competitive platform landscape.
Interest in iPad remains strong, but off the wild enthusiasm in January. 80% of developers are very interested in building an iPad app within the first year vs. 90% in January. When asked about overall interest in iPad as a development platform, 53% responded that they were “very interested‟ – third behind iPhone and Android.
Increased competition among mobile platforms shows that Android (81% very interested in the platform) is closing in on iPhone (87%), while Blackberry (43%) and Windows Phone (34%) have doubled and nearly tripled their developer interest numbers, respectively, in just two months.
At only 14% claiming that they are very interested in WebOS, Palm is clearly seeing waning interest among developers. Symbian clocks in at 16%, while Meego – the recently combined Maemo/Moblin effort by Nokia and Intel – comes in last at just 12%.
Developers cited eBooks, entertainment/media applications, business applications, medical applications, and education applications as likely candidates for the iPad, consistent with January.





From: http://mashable.com/2010/03/31/ipad-developer-interest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable) and http://www.appcelerator.com/assets/Mobile_Developer_Survey_March_2010.pdf









