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I keep hoping they release a Windows Phone App, or a mobile website with service functionality.

untog 12y ago
My sympathies - it was exactly issues like that which drove me away from Windows Phone (7) back to Android. I hear it's a lot better these days, but all it takes is one missing app...
- bkjelden 12y ago
  I switched back from WP8 to android a couple of months ago, and I must say the better app selection has been huge. Where I felt the app shortage hurt the most wasn't at the top - there are a few glaring omissions, and some of the apps took a long time to show up, but WP8 for the most part has apps for top services (facebook, twitter, instagram, spotify, uber, etc). But then there's this second tier of apps where WP8's coverage is absolutely terrible. I was talking with a coworker today about how his bank (small, local bank) just released an app allowing mobile check deposit - on android and iOS. Your favorite pizza chain or sub shop has an app for ordering delivery or takeout? Android and iOS only. Target has an app that allows you to search an item, and then see what aisle it's in in the store - android and iOS only. There's this huge class of convenient but not necessary apps that you don't get on windows phone right now, and having spent a couple of months with them, I don't think I could go back. It's too bad really, I feel like Microsoft got a lot of things right with WP8. I definitely preferred the UI compared to android.
  - findjashua 12y ago
    yeah, the timeline is usually: ios--->android--------->wp
    - ascorbic 12y ago
      No, the timeline is usually iOS ---> Android.
  - jkestner 12y ago
    I got my second Windows Phone (in spite of developing exclusively on iOS myself), and I don't miss most apps. It's amazing how many good third-party apps work with the cloud-backed apps I use on my iPad. Instapaper, Trello, Simplenote, etc. In line with Microsoft's info-not-apps philosophy, I'd love for them to work with, say, Lyft, to integrate the APIs behind the app into Cortana - so I can have a similar experience as the Lyft Android Wear app. Extrapolate to all the apps that are UI layers for a web service.
- HelloMcFly 12y ago
  No doubt. I've found that Lyft is the one major missing piece for me, but because Uber has an app (and has previously had a full-functioned mobile site) that it wasn't a deal breaker. I'm probably simpler than most around here in my wants from my smartphone though.
- 72deluxe 12y ago
  Does anyone know if this is still the same situation on Blackberry? It really does seem a two-horse race between iOS and Android.
kelukelugames 12y ago
I have a Windows Phone and I can't even cash checks. Sigh.
- driverdan 12y ago
  That doesn't make any sense. How can a phone cash checks? No phones have a cash dispenser.
  - bunderbunder 12y ago
    Just a wild guess, grandparent either misspoke or uses the same word to describe cashing and depositing checks. Either way the intended meaning was clear enough not to warrant a flame.

untog 12y ago

My sympathies - it was exactly issues like that which drove me away from Windows Phone (7) back to Android. I hear it's a lot better these days, but all it takes is one missing app...

bkjelden 12y ago
I switched back from WP8 to android a couple of months ago, and I must say the better app selection has been huge. Where I felt the app shortage hurt the most wasn't at the top - there are a few glaring omissions, and some of the apps took a long time to show up, but WP8 for the most part has apps for top services (facebook, twitter, instagram, spotify, uber, etc). But then there's this second tier of apps where WP8's coverage is absolutely terrible. I was talking with a coworker today about how his bank (small, local bank) just released an app allowing mobile check deposit - on android and iOS. Your favorite pizza chain or sub shop has an app for ordering delivery or takeout? Android and iOS only. Target has an app that allows you to search an item, and then see what aisle it's in in the store - android and iOS only. There's this huge class of convenient but not necessary apps that you don't get on windows phone right now, and having spent a couple of months with them, I don't think I could go back. It's too bad really, I feel like Microsoft got a lot of things right with WP8. I definitely preferred the UI compared to android.
- findjashua 12y ago
  yeah, the timeline is usually: ios--->android--------->wp
  - ascorbic 12y ago
    No, the timeline is usually iOS ---> Android.
- jkestner 12y ago
  I got my second Windows Phone (in spite of developing exclusively on iOS myself), and I don't miss most apps. It's amazing how many good third-party apps work with the cloud-backed apps I use on my iPad. Instapaper, Trello, Simplenote, etc. In line with Microsoft's info-not-apps philosophy, I'd love for them to work with, say, Lyft, to integrate the APIs behind the app into Cortana - so I can have a similar experience as the Lyft Android Wear app. Extrapolate to all the apps that are UI layers for a web service.
HelloMcFly 12y ago
No doubt. I've found that Lyft is the one major missing piece for me, but because Uber has an app (and has previously had a full-functioned mobile site) that it wasn't a deal breaker. I'm probably simpler than most around here in my wants from my smartphone though.
72deluxe 12y ago
Does anyone know if this is still the same situation on Blackberry? It really does seem a two-horse race between iOS and Android.

kelukelugames 12y ago

I have a Windows Phone and I can't even cash checks. Sigh.

driverdan 12y ago
That doesn't make any sense. How can a phone cash checks? No phones have a cash dispenser.
- bunderbunder 12y ago
  Just a wild guess, grandparent either misspoke or uses the same word to describe cashing and depositing checks. Either way the intended meaning was clear enough not to warrant a flame.