Not sure I follow "Windows RT" isn't encouraging native apps? Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:41 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced I'd like to think those discussions were had in private forums before MS made it all public yesterday. Re: developer advice, I thought MS also made it clear the new native support was to make it easier for apps to port over from iOS and Android. The existing 7.5 (soon to be 7.8) market is small. Last I heard was < 2%, and that figure will drop not grow; that is it has now reached its peak. It'll be interesting to see when the SDK is available what's what. I'm still unclear if there will be WinRT on the phone. It also seems funny to me that the phone is encouraging native apps, but Windows RT isn't. The developer story still is not clear to me |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:32 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Bill, don’t get me wrong I share the same frustations (was on a call |with the phone team at 3am this morning talking about it). The upshot |is that if we want to support Windows Phone we need to build guidance |to assist developers build for 7.x (which will work across wp8) unless |they specifically want to leverage wp8 functions. | | | |Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone |Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in |this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you |may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built |to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or |attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own |and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. | | | |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:29 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | |Yeh yeh, I know "suck it up princess" ;) | | | |The issue is out in the public, from gizmodo, engadget, Wall Street |journal etc etc; we, and Microsoft can't hide from that. They need to |come out with a better story, a better explanation, or both. | | | | | ||-----Original Message----- | ||From: [email protected] ||<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:ozdotnet- | ||[email protected] <mailto:|[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of ||Nick Randolph | ||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:24 AM | ||To: ozDotNet | ||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | || | ||We vented yesterday, now to get on with business. Public posts like | ||this don't help a bad situation, they just make it worse. Accept what | ||is, and move on - complaining isn't going to change what's going to ||come to |pass. | || | ||Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP – Windows Phone | ||Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in | ||this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you | ||may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. ||Built | ||to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or | ||attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own | ||and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. | || | || | ||-----Original Message----- | ||From: [email protected] ||<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:ozdotnet- | ||[email protected] <mailto:|[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of ||Bill McCarthy | ||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:14 AM | ||To: 'ozDotNet' | ||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | || | ||My Friday venting: | ||http://msmvps.com/blogs/bill/archive/2012/06/22/why-isn-t-windows-phon ||e | ||-8- | ||an-update-for-nokia-lumia-s.aspx | || | || | | | |
