Well, HTML 5 and Windows Phone might be really attractive to the developer’s eye but how much is it likely for a developer to convert this attraction into a material thing. According to a recent survey published by IDC and app tools maker Appcelerator, there are only a few mobile developers who would want to build apps that are completely HTML 5 based.

The survey says that about 80 percent of the app developers wish to insert the HTML 5 code into their apps during the current year, but only 6 percent of them were ready to develop purely HTML 5 based apps. Mike King, Principal mobile strategist at Appcelerator said that developers, today, are keen on taking up a hybrid approach that is blending the HTML 5 code with the native code for iOS, Android and other mobile operating systems.

As per the survey report, the developer priorities have not changed much over the last three months. Building apps on the iOS platform interests a majority of the developers who were surveyed while Android comes only next to iOS due to hassles of developing for the platform becoming a major turn off for some developers.

A major challenge for any Android developer would be supporting a mix of factors like device, its configuration, app version, networks, dimensions of the screen, location and so on. BugSense is a tool which collects all the data regarding different bugs and provides an analysis of the same in real time.

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Siri, Apple’s digital Assistant has changed the way how people use their smartphones as it provides an easy shopping experience within, nearby and out of stores.

According to a study by emarketer, a maximum number of US consumers use Siri to look for better deals if any. The personal assistant of iOS has also been used to compare prices and availability of products at a particular store. It is the grocery products that would be the most affected as this assistant is being used for the purpose on a large scale, apart from electronics and apparel.

The study clearly reveals that as more and more number of smartphone users switch to advanced devices having Siri, shopping from smartphone shall soon become a rage.

Yes. The next version of the much awaited iPad was released by Apple at San Francisco, this Wednesday. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, introduced to the world, the new iPad, which will be available in the U.S., from March 16.

So, what does it offer? Check out this trailer of “the new iPad” for your review

A Retina display measuring in at 2048 x 1536 pixels is one feature that will make you go spellbound. A microprocessor of A5X system-on chip with quad-core graphics provides 44% greater color saturation to the retina display. A 5-megapixel rear camera and a model that supports 4G can make it a must buy product. This new iPad, which is a combination of splendid features, is expected to attract more developers to build apps of higher quality.

Google Play brings a change in the way consumers have been accessing content across devices as it becomes the destination for all the apps, games, music, movies and books and users can enjoy all of them at one place. The Android Market app will soon be upgraded to the Google Playstore app.

Android app developers might raise an eyebrow over this. The search engine leader plans to integrate the same store across all devices, platforms and all the media types and scale-up the business. If the user downloads an app on the web, it will be a hassle-free job for him to send it to a device. The Login ID would be the same as it has been for Android Market. It is not a major change for developers as it just a UI change and does not require the apps to be re-published or change the way they are now published. The OTA upgrades for devices running Android 2.2 or higher versions will take place over the next week.

Finally, google has lifted the barrier and now the size limit on its Android apps is 4GB, which previously was 50MB. Although, it would be difficult for the users to download and run the app, the company stated that any advancement in app development will require more resources. Android app developers can attach two expansion files, each with upto 2GB to the APK, the file size of which would still remain 50MB.

The expansion files will be downloaded immediately on the new devices while on older devices they get downloaded the very first time the app runs, via a downloader library.

The weekend that passed brought great news for Apple. More than 25 billion apps have been downloaded from the Apple App Store. A year after the release of the iPhone, the App Store saw more than one billion downloads for the 50,000 apps that were available.

Apple’s senior vice-president of internet software and services, Eddy Cue said that when they launched the App Store, they never thought that mobile apps would ever become such a rage or the iOS app developers would develop apps that catch the eye of the users.

Apple reaching this milestone clearly indicates the increase in the number of devices giving enough opportunity for mobile app developers to work on the iOS platform.