Apple Buys HopStop a few hrs back and drops Windows Phone support

[crash1989]

Wow, dare I say what a b*tc*y move. I hope apple reaps what it sows , of course they are getting all the hate on the twitterverse right now.

How many of you use HopStop ? I think it is no longer published in the windows phone store, can anyone confirm?

Apple Buys HopStop and Immediately Drops Windows Phone Support | WindowsObserver.com

and they let the Android version live.

 

[Laura Knotek]

You're right. It isn't being published anymore.

I wouldn't have any use for this app, since Nokia Transport provides the bus/commuter train info, but I don't know if Nokia Transport is available on all Windows Phones, or if it's exclusive to Nokia devices. If Nokia Transport is exclusive to Nokia devices, then I could see where people who have HTC or Samsung devices might not be too happy that HopStop is discontinued.

 

[crash1989]

I don't know why I am disappointed even though we in India don't have HopStop .. funny how things are

 

[Laura Knotek]

I don't know why I am disappointed even though we in India don't have HopStop .. funny how things are

It's funny because I never even heard of HopStop, even though it used to be available in US.

Do you have Nokia Transport?

 

[crash1989]

Yep, we do. The funny thing is in India nothing runs on time .. buses, trains etc .. are always late

I sometime get on the buses which were supposed to arrive 5 mins earlier as the app suggested

 

[WanderingTraveler]

No one supports the Philippines anyway, so it's not of any concern to me.
But, still, this is quite a move. I wonder why they did this.

If they put up the not enough market share argument, I can always argue that there's an active dev community

 

[WanderingTraveler]

Yep, we do. The funny thing is in India nothing runs on time .. buses, trains etc .. are always late

I sometime get on the buses which were supposed to arrive 5 mins earlier as the app suggested

Here, the buses are always early. They're competing with each other for the passengers.

For example, not a day goes by without a bus accident due to overspeeding.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Yep, we do. The funny thing is in India nothing runs on time .. buses, trains etc .. are always late

I sometime get on the buses which were supposed to arrive 5 mins earlier as the app suggested

Trains here are on time, but people need to get to the station early. We have the absolute most unfriendly machines at the stations to buy train passes. It involves about 10 steps just to use money or credit card to purchase a pass from these infernal machines. I've never seen anything worse anywhere else. It would be easy to miss the train whilst attempting to purchase a pass.

 

[crash1989]

trust me you ppl have it better ..

 

[WanderingTraveler]

trust me you ppl have it better ..

http://www.jaimaharashtranews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mumbai_640.jpg

Us people here in the Philippines have it way worse. People actually live right beside the tracks. And, if I'm not mistaken, jeeps can actually fly above the tracks. And get hit by the train, of course.

 

[crash1989]

hopstop should not have been removed

 

[frostieDE]

I cannot imagine anybody in Germany is using this: we have "DB Navigator" which supports all types of trains and busses across the country

 

[Iain_S]

Is a real crappy move by Apple if this is the case. I don't use it or even heard of the app as I use Nokia Transport in Canada which works extremely well for me.

 

[smoledman]

Nokia Transit is decent, but not good enough. It doesn't give full route information and timetables.

 

[nube_android]

Trains here are on time, but people need to get to the station early. We have the absolute most unfriendly machines at the stations to buy train passes. It involves about 10 steps just to use money or credit card to purchase a pass from these infernal machines. I've never seen anything worse anywhere else. It would be easy to miss the train whilst attempting to purchase a pass.

where do you live?

 

[psudotechzealot]

 

[mxtremex6]

Its just that now we hav got 1,59,999 Apps to worry about! XD

 

[crash1989]

I submitted one to balance it out .. 160K

 

[cw1988]

Typical apple trying to monopolise the market to stay on top....wont work. Wp is growing and growing and one app wont mean anything.

Considering alot of forums sre calling their "budget" iphone a lumia wannabe and a bad one at that this wont achieve anything.