I thought Windows RT only allowed WinRT apps with the exception of the preloaded Office.
|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:45 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |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: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] 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: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] 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: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] 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: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com |||<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet- || |||boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:|boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 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: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com |||<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet- || |||boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:|boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] 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 || ||| || ||| || || || || |
