Developers: Android's a better long-term bet than Apple

[Simon]

App developers still see Apple's iOS as the platform of choice - but not for long.

While three quarters of developers surveyed by Appcelerator and IDC said Apple was the best platform to write apps for in the near term, 58.6% expect Google's Android to win out in the long run - 4.6 points more than three months ago.

Almost three quarters of those polled said Android was "best positioned to power a large number and variety of connected devices in the future." And half said the Google OS had the most capabilities of any mobile operating system.

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