Closing app gapp

[tboggs13]

I think we should take a much more positive approach. Instead of trying to hurt developers on other platforms, we should congratulate developers who have released #Win10Apps and encourage those that haven't to develop #Win10Apps. Windows 10 is at @300Million users and climbing, it has some momentum and our best chance to get mobile apps is to get #Win10Apps on the desktop, xbox and IoT. The XB1 should help us get more media consumption apps, the desktop could help with banking, finance and utilities. Maybe even some of the social. But developers need to know we want it. I have a Surface and want to us apps in whatever mode the device is in.

 

[This-Guy]

might be a more diplomatic approach.
Been sitting in VMware airwatch training all this week, all the trainers are talking up Windows 10 and how much traction its getting in the marketplace. so much so to the point where they now have a fully supported suite for the OS inclusive of full management of the device. but in saying that, classroom of 15 people I'm the only one with win10 device... but I do have 2 to offset the number ( 950 and a 930)

 

[anon(6078578)]

Maybe the crazy low-priced Lumia 640 experiment will have an effect. As discussed in another thread, it's very close to a giveaway. That could potentially mean a lot of new activations, which eventually will catch the interest of developers.

Speaking as someone who bought one of these things, I find the experience pretty positive, despite the weak hardware. One way to market something intangible--a user experience--is to give as many people as possible that experience. If Microsoft seriously intends to wait before releasing new handsets, they could do worse than to sink some money into loss leaders like the 640. The app gap, I believe, responds to numbers, and especially to trends. Getting devices into people's hands seems like a reasonable way to try to halt the bleeding while waiting to launch something big.

This was what the Lumia 520/521 was supposed to be about ie a reasonable cheap device that was gaining market share, but Microsoft then dropped the ball on the way. If only they had released a Lumia 640 like device around the time these users (including myself) were thinking of upgrading to something better it might have continued the upward trend.

The trouble is there wasn't anything worth upgrading to at the time for those of us who didn't want a flagship device. I eventually came back to get the Lumia 640 but then Microsoft dropped the ball on their other foot when they got rid of Nokia and decided to change course yet again.

Sure the new course may ultimately be a better one, but in the short to medium term it's only going to benefit enthusiasts and business users not regular consumers.