Developer enthusiasm for Apple Inc.'s iPad has cooled somewhat because the tablet lacks multitasking and a camera, a company that makes cross-platform development tools said today. Appcelerator Inc. surveyed more than 1,000 developers. Scott Schwarzhoff, vice president of marketing at the Mountain View, Calif.-based company says "Like consumers, developers are trying to wrap their arms around the iPad... There's no way that the iPad can not do well." What amazed Appcelerator was the very strong showing of Android. Google's platform nearly caught up with the iPhone in the two months since the January survey. "It's pretty clear that developers believe that Android is a must-have platform," Schwarzhoff said. "If I'm going to do one [platform], I'll pick the iPhone, but if I have the resources, I'll also do Android."
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