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Windows Phone 7 was horrible. No native apps, no background tasks, no globally accessible storage, no serious graphics API, no API for audio streaming, no API f
by garaetjjte 9y ago
Windows Phone 7 was horrible. No native apps, no background tasks, no globally accessible storage, no serious graphics API, no API for audio streaming, no API for anything!
It got slightly better in WP8, but bad impression remained.
- Const-me 9y ago> no background tasks, no API for audio streaming Here’s my old WP7 project implementing both of these: https://github.com/Const-me/SkyFM https://github.com/Const-me/SkyFM Update: the solution in that repo builds a WP7 app using WP8 SDK. Earlier versions used WP7 SDK. I had to upgrade a few things, e.g. replaced Async CTP with Microsoft.Bcl.Async but the changes were minor.
- garaetjjte 9y agoI don't remember exactly, but maybe streaming API got added with WP7.5?
- Const-me 9y agoRight, they have added background tasks, media streaming and many other features in WP7.5. Happened less than 1 year after the initial 7.0 version, all original phones were upgradeable to 7.5. BTW, when original iPhone was released in 2007, it didn’t have any user-installable apps at all, only the built-in ones. The store with the apps was launched a year after the phone.
- cesnja 9y agoThe phones worked more smoothly than any other mobile device I can recall, though. After I tried to switch away from WP7 for the first time, I had to return the Android flagship at that time (Samsung Galaxy Nexus) because it lagged so much. The lack of apps and no way to sync with Linux computers made me eventually migrate to Android, which still seems clumsy and slow even today..
- ClassyJacket 9y agoA 100$ Windows Phone from two years ago is still smoother than a 1000$ Android bought today.
- mgkimsal 9y agoi could never find a $100 windows phone to buy. I always had to get it 'free' with a 2 year service contract. The 'retail' price without a service contract was still, IIRC, in the multiple hundreds ($499? $599?). Not spending that on what would have been a secondary/dev device to play with. FWIW, I never saw too many on ebay or craigslist at the time either.
- homero 9y agoThere were tons of these for $129 in 2013 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LIWB34Q/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LIWB34Q/ref=dp_ob_neva_mob...
- mgkimsal 9y agowish I'd seen one of those - would have used it as a secondary device. :/ thanks.
- jrs95 9y agoI had a Lumia 520 when I was a pizza delivery driver, and that was an excellent phone, especially for around $50!
- devereaux 9y agoI still use a Windows Phone (and I purchased a few spares as I love it so much!) Smooth experience, no clutter, no distraction - it just works.
- throwaway7645 9y agoAgreed. A single-core windows phone 7 was waaaay more stable than my android flagship. Superb phones and this is coming from a Linux fan boy.
- darkhorn 9y agoAlso while there was IE11 on Windows on Windows Phone the web view was based on IE9 or IE10. So we were unable to port our app to Windows Phone. But I'm happy that Windows Phone lost the market becouse Microsoft cooperates with opressive regimes (unlike Google and Aplle) in order to be able to sell their Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office to civil servants.