What mobile platforms should not be forgotten when developing an application?

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Andrey Tretyakov2011-12-04 12:00:27

Mobile development

Andrey Tretyakov, 2011-12-04 12:00:27

Situation: work is underway to create an Internet project. In addition to the site, which will host the web version of the project, it is also planned, among other things, to make versions for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc).
It is done primarily for residents of Russia (for other countries - later).
Of the requirements for mobile devices, the following are mandatory: Internet access; the presence of a camera; the presence of a hardware unit for accurate geopositioning (mainly GPS).
Release date - summer / autumn 2012.
The question is: what other mobile platforms would you like to see the application for? I ask because, on the one hand, I don’t want to spend extra man-hours on unclaimed and / or obsolete platforms, on the other hand, if you forget someone important, then users may be dissatisfied: they forgot about us again.
It is clear that iOS, Android and WP7 will be on the mandatory list. What else would you add, taking into account all of the above?

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Andrey Rumm, 2011-12-04
@RayZ

Why are you asking the public? Study the target audience. Try to get platform statistics in a similar area. She certainly will not deceive you.

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Lans, 2011-12-04
@Lans

I won’t say anything about the Russian Federation, but in the USA the situation is like this

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lavel, 2011-12-04
@lavel

Java ME
Android
iPhone
Symbian
Windows Mobile

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Andrey Tretyakov, 2011-12-04
@inscriptor

Statistics are statistics, but let the voice of the people also have their say.

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lavel, 2011-12-04
@lavel

According to our statistics, the popularity of platforms is as follows (in descending order):

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Andrey Tretyakov, 2011-12-04
@inscriptor

Friends, I am aware of official statistics and the current state of affairs. Firstly, in a year, obviously, someone will break ahead, someone's weight, on the contrary, will decrease.
I asked in a different way: under which of the unnamed platforms (more correctly, even mobile operating systems), habrausers would be happy to see the application, taking into account the 3 specified hardware requirements.
For example, webOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS and OS.

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ZARATUSTRA, 2011-12-04
@ZARATUSTRA

Symbian is usually forgotten.