Microsoft hopes that Windows Phone 8 can rise to greater fame than its preceding Windows Phone 7 and 7.5.
The company will need to generate much more enthusiasm not just among consumers, but among (game) developers as well, but it is apparent that Microsoft has some work to do.
A report published by Venture Beat suggests that Microsoft is fighting an uphill battle since most game developers have put their eggs in the Android and iOS basket. Stretching their resources to accommodate a Windows Phone play would require financial backing and a willingness to take a substantial risk that is rare in today's economic environment.
Google recently confirmed that Android Market now holds more than 700,000 apps, while Apple's App Store currently has 711,000 active apps. WP7 Applist estimates the apps available for Windows Phone at about 94,200, which is less than the number of games in the Apple App Store alone - 128,060.
Venture Beat quoted the CEO of PlayFirst who said that Windows Phone 8 is not in the company's "near term plans". This sentiment appears to be present among most top app developers. Of course, WP8 is not shut out, but the OS will have to achieve much greater interest among consumers to generate serious interest among developers.
It's simple, intuitive, different, fast and flexible.
People are so caught up with iOS and Android they don't see the potential Windows Phone devices have.
I hope it succeeds because it deserves to be up there with the rest.
It's simple, intuitive, different, fast and flexible.
People are so caught up with iOS and Android they don't see the potential Windows Phone devices have.
I hope it succeeds because it deserves to be up there with the rest.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138847-the-metro-desktop-interaction-in-windows-8-is-an-absolute-train-wreck
One of the problems with TIFKAM is that negativity towards Win8 will carry over to WP8 regardless of its usability on mobile platforms.
On that note: http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-sued-over-new-ui-in-windows-8-64585/
The real problem is Microsoft, they create new devices and 4-6 months later they pull them from the market. Microsoft will have to create some quality titles to drive support from the devices and other developers.
I did not like the Modern UI when I was using a mouse/keyboard, but with a keyboard/multi-touch pad it is as easy to navigate the Modern UI as it is for me to Navigate OSX
A service pack is just regular patches grouped as one big patch.
I don't believe that is true, you can program for WP8 on many versions of Windows and possibly some non-Windows OSs also.
That's what they said about the video game console market in 2002.