Developer Economics Blog Series in Chinese

Our Developer Economics Blog Series, based on the Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond research (free copy here) will soon be available in Chinese.

The first part of the series, The Migration of Developer Mindshare - 移动开发者经济 2010：开发者心理占有率的转变, has already been translated and is available in the ifanr website.

UPDATE: The second part of the series, Taking Applications to Market - 移动开发者经济 2010：将程序推向市场, has just been released. Click here for the translation by ifanr.

UPDATE: The third part of the blog series is now available in Chinese: The Building Blocks of Mobile Applications - 移动开发者经济2010：移动应用程序的开发构件, has just been released. Click here for the translation.

UPDATE: The final part is now available: The Role of Networks in a Developer World -移动开发者经济 2010 ：网络在开发者世界中扮演的角色. Click here for the translation.

VisionMobile speaks Chinese!

Well, we don’t actually speak the language, but we do have some blog articles available in Chinese, courtesy of Lord Hong and ifanr.

Here’s the list of articles that have been translated so far:
- Who can save Palm? - 谁能拯救Palm?

- What future for the mobile phone in a multi-platform world? - 多平台世界中, 移动手持的未来在何处

- Making Sense of Samsung's Bada - 三星 bada 意欲何为？


- Why Adobe Should Change its Mobile Strategy (again) - 为什么 Adobe 需要改变移动策略



- Is Android Evil? - 最封闭的开源系统，话说Android的八宗罪


- The many faces of Android fragmentation - Android 分裂的多面性

- The past, present and future of Mobile Video Telephony - 移动视频通话的过去、现在和未来



Developer Economics 2010 in the news
Developer Economics 2010, our latest research report on developer perceptions and expectations, has already created a lot of media buzz!

The first article of the 4-part blog series we’re doing on the report, The Migration of Developer Mindshare, has reached 8.5K views and 220+ tweets, in under 48 hours.

Also, a number of important industry news sites & bloggers have published their own take on the report. Here are a few of them:

TechCruch - Everything You Need To Know About The Fragmented Mobile Developer Ecosystem

MSearchGroove - VisionMobile Report Reveals Developer Attitudes & Operator Opportunities

Rethink Wireless - Android leads market in developer confidence

Mobile Internet Revolution - VisionMobile Mobile Developer Economics Report: Some Thoughts

VisionMobile publishes Developer Economics 2010
We have just published Developer Economics 2010, a global research examining all aspects of mobile development, from app design and coding to market delivery and monetisation.

The report is based on a survey of 400+ developers, across all 8 major platforms: iOS (iPhone), Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Phone, Java ME, Flash/Flash Lite, mobile web.

The report is available for free download here, courtesy of the Telefonica Developer Communities.

We’re also doing a 4-part analysis of the report. Visit our blog, and read Part 1 – The Migration of Developer Mindshare.

VisionMobile Names Top 15 Mobile Software Product
We have just issued a press release naming the top 15 mobile software products for 2009, in terms of cumulative shipments. These products represent the top half of the 30 products featured in the 100 Million Club, the watchlist of mobile software products embedded in more than 100 million devices. The 15 products included in our press release have all been embedded in more than 500 million devices as of the end of 2009, while 7 of them have been shipped in more than 1 billion. These products range from browsers and operating systems to Java VMs and messaging middleware. To read our blog article on the 100 Million Club and download the full report, click here.