The Coevolution of Mobile OS User Market and Mobile Application Developer Community

Mobile computing is becoming increasingly popular. Accordingly, mobile OS (operating systems) are becoming standard platforms for regular computer and phone users. This paper studies the evolution and the current status of mobile OS user market and mobile application developer community. In particular, we study how smartphone mobile OS user market coevolves with its application developer community. Through this study, we highlight the symbiosis relations between mobile OS user market and mobile apps developer community.