Combined with a separate report showing that consumer interest also is waning, it appears that Microsoft's phone platform is losing steam.



From PC World:

New research shows that developers are losing interest in writing apps for Windows Phone 7. Combined with a separate report showing that consumer interest is waning as well, it appears that Microsoft's phone platform is losing steam.

A joint survey between IDC and appcelerator about developer interest in smartphone platforms has bad news for Windows Phone 7. Only 29% of developers say they are very interested in writing apps for the platform --- a drop of 7% from a quarter ago. That 29% is just barely above the percentage of developers who said the would be very interested back in September, before Windows Phone 7 was released.

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