Comparing the iPhone and Android development experience: Simulators, IDE's, and ALM.

As a multi platform device consultancy, we constantly get asked from our customers the difference between the development environments they use verses other mobile and device platforms.  Probably the most common, as you would imagine, is the difference between iPhone and the Android.  InfoQ just posted a recent article summarizing posts from David Green and John Blanco.  It seems like each of the posts come from different preferences, so it's great to hear the difference of opinion.  They do a great job though of summarizing the key differences.  I think they covered the topics well, but they missed one major mark that I would give Apple a fail on.  For some reason Apple has decided that it's a good idea to bundle the SDK with a new version of xCode.  It just seems wrong to me that when I want to target the latest IOS bits I must also download their xCode IDE (~ 2.5 GB each time)!  The  consensus is that, although each have their own drawbacks, Apple wins the vote for simplicity, and Android wins the vote for being the most feature rich.  Kind of funny that their development platform matches their devices!

Enjoy!