A recent report from Vision Mobile brings up an interesting debate: When do you sacrifice speed to market versus quality versus mobile platform?

As a mobile developer, one will have to, at some point, decide when an app is ready for sale. The longer one waits, the more time consumers have to wait for needed functionality on devices, whether its an iPhone or BlackBerry phone. This also brings up another interesting decision that needs to be made by mobile developers: which platform? The iPhone? Android? BlackBerry? webOS? Symbian?

Vision Mobile’s survey found that, just in 2010, most developers have flocked to Android, iPhone, Java ME and then Symbian, in that order. This is quite a change from previous years, where Java and Symbian dominated. The main focus for app developers is monetizing the apps by having them available across a variety of phones. One thought when looking at the shift of developers moving to Android is of how quickly apps can appear in the Android Market. A quick approval time means a faster time to market for these apps, which could translate to sales and recognition sooner. It could also partly be because of all the upcoming devices (both tablets and smartphones).

High quality smartphones with fun, entertaining, useful apps are in high demand these days, as consumers are realizing devices could be used for more than just calls. Developers are flocking too. Tell us, what is your favorite platform?