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>> But in my experience, at least HERE Maps and Bing Maps are quite up to par when I had my Windows phones, I preferred the Bing Map app to Google Maps. I alwa

>> But in my experience, at least HERE Maps and Bing Maps are quite up to par when I had my Windows phones, I preferred the Bing Map app to Google Maps. I always thought the UI was superior and more user friendly to Google Maps.

blauditore 10y ago
I had a similar experience on WP and preferred HERE Maps. One reason for the poor quality of Google Maps was the lack of an official App, and third-party ones were quite poor. Google seems to have a policy against releasing apps for Mobile Windows platforms that goes further than just "we don't care".
- johnsmith21006 10y ago
  Since Windows phone has such a low % of users and then expense in supporting some thing as complicated as Google maps it would make sense to focus on the two. With Android and iOS they can hit 90%+ of users.
  - azurezyq 10y ago
    As an engineer, I don't want to build something for a 0.3% (and declining) platform while my colleague is building the same app for a 80% platform in the same team. It's like you are writing codes which will be soon deprecated. EDIT: market share http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os;jsessionid=F211B60339FCC59541CDDA7EFAF46980 http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os;jsession...
izacus 10y ago
Yep, and now you'll probably find them in cars as branded built-in nav.
- at-fates-hands 10y ago
  Wow, that would be nice. I remember having a MUCH better experience as well when my Windows phone paired with the Microsoft Connect in my Toyota Corolla. The difference between the Windows phone and Android was pretty huge: Android text message: - Message pops up that I have a text message, I have two buttons, ignore or read. Windows Phone text message: Voice alert asks if I want to read it or ignore it. After reading it I can: - delete it - respond via voice command - or call person back from number It's a pretty big difference, and one I really noticed when I went back to my Android phone.
  - izacus 10y ago
    Yeah, sadly that doesn't mean it has the fully same UI. But at least in my Mazda (which uses HERE as the nav driver), the UI is noticably better designed for driving than the phone interfaces are. Minor details mostly, but noticable.

blauditore 10y ago

I had a similar experience on WP and preferred HERE Maps. One reason for the poor quality of Google Maps was the lack of an official App, and third-party ones were quite poor. Google seems to have a policy against releasing apps for Mobile Windows platforms that goes further than just "we don't care".

johnsmith21006 10y ago
Since Windows phone has such a low % of users and then expense in supporting some thing as complicated as Google maps it would make sense to focus on the two. With Android and iOS they can hit 90%+ of users.
- azurezyq 10y ago
  As an engineer, I don't want to build something for a 0.3% (and declining) platform while my colleague is building the same app for a 80% platform in the same team. It's like you are writing codes which will be soon deprecated. EDIT: market share http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os;jsessionid=F211B60339FCC59541CDDA7EFAF46980 http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os;jsession...

izacus 10y ago

Yep, and now you'll probably find them in cars as branded built-in nav.

at-fates-hands 10y ago
Wow, that would be nice. I remember having a MUCH better experience as well when my Windows phone paired with the Microsoft Connect in my Toyota Corolla. The difference between the Windows phone and Android was pretty huge: Android text message: - Message pops up that I have a text message, I have two buttons, ignore or read. Windows Phone text message: Voice alert asks if I want to read it or ignore it. After reading it I can: - delete it - respond via voice command - or call person back from number It's a pretty big difference, and one I really noticed when I went back to my Android phone.
- izacus 10y ago
  Yeah, sadly that doesn't mean it has the fully same UI. But at least in my Mazda (which uses HERE as the nav driver), the UI is noticably better designed for driving than the phone interfaces are. Minor details mostly, but noticable.