Skype - like everybody said.
OneNote - how come iPhone users can add, edit, delete a notebook on there OneNote apps :/
^^ this;
It is no wonder WP is suffering when Microsoft has better support for iOS and Android apps than for their own WP platform ones.
Reply from kiwi bank
"Kiwibank
Hi Barry, we are keeping an eye on Windows Phone access to our public site (not the part accessed by our customers, but the part that's accessed mainly by prospects). Windows Phone traffic is on the up, but I'm afraid it still makes up only 1% of the traffic (v. iPhones and Android phones which each account for more than 10%). I can't really comment on what process ASB has for deciding where to spend their development budget, but our process is based on fairly stringent business requirements, and we're just not there yet. Sorry. ^RM"
Can anyone translate that into non bank speck ??
.005%? Tell them that 15% of the New Zealand market is on Windows Phone, which was just reported here at WPcentral today. That seems like a lot of potential customers they are alienating.
I think this goes along the lines that WP OS is very immature and has 'issues' that need resolving, quite possibly API issues, whereas iOS and Android are a lot more mature and can be programmed better due to their APIs. I need only point to the Facebook app as another example of this issue. Then point out the toast notification issues and you see where I'm heading. There's obvious problems somewhere which is why Skype and other MS programs work better on other platforms than their own.
This will hopefully be resolved in GDR3 and then WP8.1. If not then I don't know what to think anymore.
OP: I wouldn't consider your tiny little bank as a major app. If your gonna come complaining then come BIG.
Look at the title.If you read the OP you would see that to them it was about apps that are important to them, not what's 'big'.
WP needs to rebrand.
iWP would be very popular.
It doesn't matter if there are 85% of folks using the platform, if they don't use that bank.. they are not counted.
85% use some platform
50% of that group use mobile browser to access bank site
25% of that group actually install the app (were down to 12% of all users by now) and only 10% of those do it daily.... So yes, there is little demand.
WP needs to rebrand.
iWP would be very popular.