Read the full article on Venture Beat here or view a large version of the AppsGeyser graphic here

While Silicon Valley gets all the attention as the hotbed for idea-generation in mobile software, AppsGeyser’s Estuardo Robles begs to differ.  By next year, the mobile application industry will be a 17 billion dollar industry globally and it will have more than a handful of innovative hotspots around the world to thank.

For the industry itself, this is intriguing and assuring information. It refutes the notion that the majority of mobile application idea generation comes solely from developed countries and Silicon Valley in particular while programming and grunt work is outsourced elsewhere.  The study makes it very clear that wherever ideas can be had, Android applications can result.  But the chances that your idea will turn into reality are of course much more likely were you to be in the top cities and countries listed in the graphic.

Also interesting is that the study validates FabriQate’s current and future presence across the globe.  Our engineering team is stationed in Guangzhou and Mumbai.  According to the AppsGeyser graphic, the highest percentage of Android app generation in China comes from South China (probably including Hong Kong as well), not Beijing or Shanghai.  FabriQate also has a client service team in Hong Kong and has an extensive sales network there to feed work back to its Guangzhou hub.  Likewise, FabriQate’s strong presence in Singapore (the leader among Southeast Asian countries according to the graphic) and Southeast Asia has also been strategically planned and meticulously developed in the last three years.

In addition, London ranks second on a list of the top five cities where Android app ideas are born. FabriQate’s headquarters in London takes care of creative, design, and client services throughout the region.  More often, idea generation has taken place in our Guangzhou office as well, but it never hurts to have the input of our team in the UK (2nd after the United States in terms of the top 5 countries where app ideas are born).  London has the highest number of apps created of any city outside the U.S.

FabriQate has plans to open client service offices in New York City where we already have a sales presence (#1 on the cities list), and Sao Paolo (Brazil has the highest percentage of idea generation in South America).

The study looks only at idea generation for Android apps from the period June 2011 to August 2011.  Had the study included the iOS (iPhone and iPad) platform and a larger sample, we wonder if the results would skew more toward the United States as the nation does house the behemoths Apple and Google and perhaps the most highly educated students in the world.

Ideas for mobile apps are generated everywhere but experienced, talented, and versatile coders are in short supply.  If supply and demand can’t match bountiful ideas with skilled software engineers, companies may have to table some of their ideas in lieu of hiring more expensive coders, or take a risk and wait until the  next generation of programmers enter the workforce from college.  Of course, there’s also the option of setting up shop where the most ideas are generated.  Silicon Valley, New York, and London are expensive but perhaps necessary.  Eastern Europe, Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), India (Bangalore), and Mexico all look like attractive second options.