Windows Phone 7 – developer interest increasing for 2011

Some research carried out by Urban Airship revealed some interesting figures about the year ahead as planned by app developers. 

With the majority still developing for iPhone and Android, there was a surprising 10% drop in the number of developers expecting to continue developing for the iPhone. Whether this is due to the oversaturation of the App Store, or perhaps the appeal of other platforms we are not certain, but it is an interesting figure.

Even more interesting, the 5.9% of developers working on Windows Phone 7 apps in 2010 is set to increase to 24.4% in 2011 – a massive 300% increase. This percentage exceeds the number of Blackberry developers and firmly establishes Windows Phone 7 as a major player.

With the WP7 Marketplace already boasting 6000 apps in the first 3 months, this number looks set to further skyrocket throughout 2011, perhaps enough to make it a real competitor to Android and iOS.