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Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones

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I'm not a real cellphone aficionado but even from the perspective of a 
non player I have seen enough to point out some glaring deficiencies.

1) Paucity of aps...the marketplace for ap developers to sell into is 
less on the WP platform than on competing platforms so developers, 
naturally, gravitate to where the users already are.

2) Porting existing aps created for other platforms can be a pain.

3) Breakage of aps due to OS upgrades on the WP platform is often both 
more prevalent and worse, in damage done terms, than on other platforms 
necessitating more developer time spent fixing them and all for a 
platform that is not attractive due to lack of users.

...Now let's look at the platform itself (friend sitting next to me 
prompting me with details BTW)...

4) WP implementation of GPS navigation is poor when compared to other 
platforms i.e. 

ios or Android>hold down button>directions to/navigate to>place you want 
to go>done!

WP hold down home button>place to go>tap on location in Bing search>tap 
"drive" button. BTW that, I'm told, only works on a Nokia that has turn 
by turn enabled or if you install some ap or other but, I'm told, that 
these may or may not exist yet.

5) I.E. is just horrible on any platform....case in poiunt on WP it could 
use a forward button couldn't it! The difficulty of getting it to use a 
new search engine is another annoyance. Much of the Internet isn't well 
configured for WP...not WP's fault but a fact all the same.

6) Those who rely upon Google services (not me...a link I intentionally 
broke some time back) are poorly served by WP which tens to buckle on 
such sites.

7) Notifications are not nearly as well done as on other 
platforms...Microsoft claim to have run out of time on these systems 
"http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/1/3587864/windows-phone-8-notification-
center"

 That's just a list from someone who isn't a 'phone junkie...a 'phone 
junkie could probably give a far, far more extensive list!

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Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-13 13:42 +0000
  Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 10:11 +0000
    Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-13 17:12 +0000
      Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 12:44 +0000
        Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-14 11:09 +0000
          Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-14 11:19 +0000
            Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 12:35 +0000
          Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 12:30 +0000
          Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-14 16:26 +0200
            Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-14 14:58 +0000
            Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 14:59 +0000
              Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-14 18:45 +0200
                Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-14 19:00 +0100
              Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-14 18:17 +0100
                Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 09:26 -0500
                Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-15 20:24 +0100

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