I have been looking forward to switching from the world of iphone to WP8 on a Lumia 920. I even convinced my ex-wife to switch as well. Got the hardware. LOVE it. But lack of some of the big names, especially ones that already had WP7 apps out is killing me. Worse than that, my ex-wife returned hers to AT&T and got the iphone 5.
Apps specifically missing and making it hard:
1. Nook. There is literally no way to read nook books on WP8. Not on the website, not with desktop version, nada. I thought MS just invested a bunch of money in B&N, what's the deal?
2. Spotify. I know there are alternatives out there, but this is an "ecosystem" that I'm really invested in, and don't feel like re-collecting all my music on Xbox Music.
3. Facebook. I know there's an app, but it's HORRIBLE. Having only the iOS version to compare this to, it's just not even in the same ballpark. The "Me" tile gets me updates from FB better than FB does.
My other gripe with WP8 (since I'm already whining, might as well continue) is IE10. I get that it's not MS's fault that sites are not recognizing it as a proper mobile browser, but on top of that something as simple as going "back" from one webpage to another will sometimes randomly dump me back to my home screen and out of IE10. Other times it works. And no forward button to be found anywhere.
Now before you flame me, hear me out... I like my WP8 phone. I want it to succeed. I'm going to stick with it. But I want to convince other people to go to it too. At this point I just can't do that. I can deal with small headaches of a fledgling OS. Non technophiles can't. I hate to use an apple slogan, but it really does have to "just work." I'm really hoping MS and other app creators can fix these situations, cause I think we desperately need this alternative to iOS and Android.
Here's hoping.
Apps specifically missing and making it hard:
1. Nook. There is literally no way to read nook books on WP8. Not on the website, not with desktop version, nada. I thought MS just invested a bunch of money in B&N, what's the deal?
2. Spotify. I know there are alternatives out there, but this is an "ecosystem" that I'm really invested in, and don't feel like re-collecting all my music on Xbox Music.
3. Facebook. I know there's an app, but it's HORRIBLE. Having only the iOS version to compare this to, it's just not even in the same ballpark. The "Me" tile gets me updates from FB better than FB does.
My other gripe with WP8 (since I'm already whining, might as well continue) is IE10. I get that it's not MS's fault that sites are not recognizing it as a proper mobile browser, but on top of that something as simple as going "back" from one webpage to another will sometimes randomly dump me back to my home screen and out of IE10. Other times it works. And no forward button to be found anywhere.
Now before you flame me, hear me out... I like my WP8 phone. I want it to succeed. I'm going to stick with it. But I want to convince other people to go to it too. At this point I just can't do that. I can deal with small headaches of a fledgling OS. Non technophiles can't. I hate to use an apple slogan, but it really does have to "just work." I'm really hoping MS and other app creators can fix these situations, cause I think we desperately need this alternative to iOS and Android.
Here's hoping.