Actually what people are complaining about is the fact that if you buy a wp7 device today you won't be able to run wp8 apps tomorrow.
Apple have a general rule of supporting at least vN-1, if you have a current gen device and they upgrade the OS, you'll get the update. There are certain exclusions to this but they are mainly around consumer features. 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. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Thiessen Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012 10:31 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced So, if wp7 apps run on wp8, I personally not really sure why people seem to so upset, everyone know wp8 would come out, was rumours for quite a while would be totally different, so not really a shock you can not update wp7 device to wp8 if you made wp7 apps, you can still sell them on wp8 device... It is not like you have a iPhone 3 you can upgrade it to iPhone 4 Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Nick Randolph Sent: 24-Jun-12 18:54 To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced Yes, one of the few things that was announced was that wp7 apps will continue to work on wp8. 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. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of David Thiessen Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012 8:25 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced I have whatsapp on WP7, works well Apps that run on wp7 will also run on wp8.. Correct? Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Ken Schaefer Sent: 22-Jun-12 9:43 To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced Even if you could get hold of one, apps are missing. All those apps that let people stay in touch, or play games against each other, have been very slow to come to WP (WhatsApp, HearTell, Words with Friends, Skype, that finger painting one that seems to be all the rage now) Cheers Ken From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bill McCarthy <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: To change tack a little, what in your opinion would be the top issues that have led to the relatively poor uptake of Windows Phone over the last three years ? I think lack of availability is a big issue. When I walk through my local shopping centre or browse catalogues I see WP7 get a lot of advertising. You can't miss it. But if I go into a Telstra shop or typically phone shop I typically see on the racks 2 x iPhone (black & white) 10 x Android 1 (maybe 2) x WP7 Doesn't matter how much you advertise if they are not on the shelves. iPhone can get away with it because they are so well known now. Craig.
