[user104658]

Literally the ONLY reasonable explanation, is that whoever they hired to make the app was incompetent, and couldn't get it working on Android. In fact, their tech team probably did it themselves, blundering around with little app experience.

There's no way that making it iOS7 (not just iOS, even more specific than that) was deliberate from the start. At a guess, I'd say less than 20% of viewers are even theoretically able to vote, and how many of those will? Half, maybe? So these decisions made "by the public" are actually being made by maybe 10% of the viewers. It's stupid.

[Sophiee]

I agree so much. I wanted to vote last night but couldn't and I imagine a large proportion of the viewers felt the same way. it should've been an online vote.

[Verbal]

Its a marketing ploy, I would bet £100 by the time of the first eviction, it will be available on all platforms. And the 'outraged' people will download it in their droves, falling right into their trap.

[Jordan.]

It's just stupid & annoying how much they were trying to shove it down our throats last night

[starry]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Literally the ONLY reasonable explanation, is that whoever they hired to make the app was incompetent, and couldn't get it working on Android. In fact, their tech team probably did it themselves, blundering around with little app experience.

This is nothing new. Remember, I think it was the first season on CH5 probably, there was supposed to be some app and people were kept waiting right through the series. It may have eventually appeared in the following CBB I've forgotten. Doesn't matter to me as I don't use it but they are incompetant.

[emmetmcl]

It is annoying to say the least.

But as has been pointed out on DS, making an app for iOS and Android are different.

With iOS you have basically all the same screen resolutions, same OS versions, same hardware specs, etc. With Android you have to deal with a crappy Samsung that freezes when try to make a phone call and others which are basically smaller netbooks.

However, if they'd got anyone of worth it should still have been easy to make an app for Android; its hardly an intensive app now is it?

As for Windows Phone, it works similar to Apple, in that all phones are basically equal, unless you're making a data intensive game; something a BB app is no where near.

Also, with Microsoft paying for Surface's to get exposure, its somewhat surprising a Windows 8/Windows Phone app wasn't made; considering about 90% of the code between a WP app and Windows 8 app is the same.

As for users; iOS is just under 20%, Android under 70% and Windows Phone a little over 10%, with Blackberry and others making up the rest (of which there is little). And that doesn't count the approx. 13% of PC users running Windows 8.

Overall, Big Brother have only about 20% of the market, many of which probably aren't even on iOS 7 devices.

The question is, does it come down to laziness, cheapness? Or is it the fact that their much loved "TOWIE" viewers are more likely to have Apple devices, and they know they'll vote in line with their wishes?

And now to plug my Windows Phone Big Brother app: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/st...1-234006fad7a8