Android or iOS for mobile development?

Question

I would like to learn mobile development for fun and as well to enrich my resumé. I'm currently developing in C/C++ at work on Windows (and sometimes with C# that I don't like too much). I have a nice Android phone and an iPod touch, so I wonder what is the best enviroment on which work.

Sure iPhone/iOS now has huge user base and a lot of attention, but it is used just i on 3 devices from a single vendor (iPhone + iPod touch + iPad), Android instead is used by a lot of vendors, however is not gaining the attention it deserves. I own a MacBook white so I can develop for iOS (I even have installed XCode but it seems a mess to me), but I prefer to work on Windows and I downloaded Android SDK + Eclipse and it seems much more easy given my Visual Studio background. I also know some Java and I'm already resigned to Linux.

So... which one should I learn, also given my background?

Answer 1

I don't think there is a real Answer to your question but since you already have the Android SDK and Eclipse set up why not try that first. Then if you don't like it try something else.

I found it very easy to deploy application on the Android Market and the registration fee is very small.