Computers & IT (Non-Engg)

Present and Future of Mobile Application Development in India:
Mobile Application Development is the future of Software Development according to Googles Eric Schmidt.
In the last two years, the number of mobile phone users rapidly increased and the counting is still on. India stands second in the number of active mobile phone users in the world. Out of six billion mobile phones in the world, around one billion is being used in India (70% of India's current population). Around 6 million subscribers join the group every month.
People using smart-phones are demanding for better applications and want to update existing ones, which in turn created a huge scope for Android application development in India.
Nowadays Android has become very popular as it is an open-source, Linux-based operating system, mainly designed by Google for smart-phones and tablets. It is designed in such a way that allows the developers and device manufacturers to alter the software design according to their needs
* India is a big IT hub for several globally recognized companies. Reasons for this are that software development and service in India is highly cost effective. Before Android, the market of mobile app development industry was dominated by Symbian and iOS. Then Android came with the option for dynamic application development at lower cost which rapidly increased the popularity of Android in India. People willing to use smart-phone have a new option as Android which is cheaper than other smart-phones.