It's cool to see Automattic branch out, but I have to question the thought process and methodology behind not only launching Android first, but basing that opinion on a poll of 542 Gravatar related developers. Especially when you are asking the people polled what OS they'd like to see a Gravatar app, which Selfie most certainly is not.

I don't even think the developers polled are the most likely demographic for users of an app focused on taking selfies. Statistically "millennials" (I hate those terms) are the largest group of people that take and post selfies online and within that demographic most are either using iPhone's or have an Android but would rather have an iPhone. These are stats you can look up.

The explanation for why Android first doesn't make a lot of sense. If you're going to launch an Android app out of the gate then you need to launch an iPhone app at the same time. If you're going to launch for a single mobile platform first AND your app is focused on photography... and more importantly selfies... then I couldn't see launching on anything other than iOS first.

Other selfie apps have traditionally failed miserably. Justin Bieber had all of his celebrity muscle within a prime demographic of people that take selfie's and his app was a total dud. It's an extremely tough space to break into, especially when you can already use Facebook and Twitter to post selfies and then of course you have Instagram.

But enough about why a selfie app and why Android first... why is the camera icon in such an awkward location? It's located in the top right. This is an Android first app. With Android phones getting increasingly larger and larger it's going to be uncomfortable trying to tap that camera icon with your thumb on your 20" Android phone. The camera icon should be on the lower part of the screen so that it can be easily reached with your thumb while holding the device with one hand.

Like I said, it's cool to see Automattic branching out. But this isn't exactly what I expected.