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 ?
|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:33 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Constrained: Metro style apps can use a subset of the Win32 and COM API. This |subset of APIs was chosen to support key scenarios for Metro style apps that |were not already covered by the Windows Runtime, HTML/CSS, or other |supported languages or standards. The Windows App Certification Kit ensures |that your app uses only this subset of the Win32 and COM API. | | | |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 11:11 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Supported. |http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br205756.aspx | | ||-----Original Message----- ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy ||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:04 AM ||To: 'ozDotNet' ||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced || ||And directX is ? || |||-----Original Message----- |||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nick Randolph |||Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:03 AM |||To: ozDotNet |||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced ||| |||Right, but surely WinRT apps can themselves be written in native code, |||they just can't reference any non-winrt components? ||| |||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. 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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 10:54 AM |||To: 'ozDotNet' |||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced ||| |||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-p ||||||h ||||||o ||||||n ||||||e ||||| ||||||-8- ||||| ||||||an-update-for-nokia-lumia-s.aspx ||||| |||||| ||||| |||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |||| ||| || |
