The reason I ask that is because a lot of companies, big or small, and devs are either pulling their apps from the platform or do not see it worth their time to even release an app for Windows. Yes, Windows has the basic apps available and I am pretty sure some will say there are work around/ 3rd party non official apps for certain apps/ websites but lets face it, that is not the same as the actual developer/company making the app. I sure hope Microsoft throws a lot of money and I mean a lot at marketing and getting developers/companies to release quality apps for Windows. Microsoft needs to stop touting how many apps there are in the Windows store, since to me that doesn't matter at all when 50% or more of the apps are junk/ blatant misuse of copy righted material. Microsoft needs to get the more top quality app developers to jump on board, get stores like Target to release an official app and entice more places like cities/universities to release apps. An example I have right now is Scanadu for the Scout, I was part their indiegogo funding campaign but can't use the device since they are just concentrating their efforts only to iPhones/Nexus phones with Windows phone not even on their radar.
This will be the 3rd reboot for the platform. Microsoft lost a lot of ground (about 2 years+) from when Windows Mobile went to Windows 7 since nothing was happening in between. During that time Google just exploded with Android and Apple well kept their lead and s60 unfortunately had it slows dying death. From Windows 7 to 8 Microsoft did better but still lost some ground since apps had to be modified to work on 8 and then people who had Windows 7 phones had to get new phones to even use Windows 8. Windows 8 has been good, it makes for a solid smart phone but I feel as though it's missing some basic phone essentials and just wished more quality apps/devs were there. The missing apps is the reason why I have kept my Android tablet. I did get excited about seeing Nokia making Windows phone, which is why I even gave the platform a chance since my first phone was the 520 but got disappointed by the regular basic phone features (the N95-3, my last great smartphone, had quality basic phone features ie: txt messaging handling, email (saved either on to phone or sd card, call log, phone book etc). I hope MS some how gets that knowledge/ software and manages to integrate it into Windows 10 since they did buy the mobile part of Nokia.
Microsoft has made changes and advancements with Windows, seeing how well 8.1 is and how good cortana is too. I like using cortana when it comes to tasking her with sending text messages by talking or having her read the messages out loud via bluetooth. MS just needs to go all out in a big way. I was hoping with the past announcement they recently made would have at least hinted or said something about what the next flag ship phone will be but disappointed that they decided to hold back on that info. Now with seeing apps not get published for Windows and companies pulling apps from the Store, those actions are making me rethink if waiting for the next successor to the Lumia 930 (hopefully with an SD slot) or successor to the 1520 (slightly smaller screen) will be worth it. Also MS needs to stop missing the boat on new trends. I see meerkat (unsure of spelling) and I forget which other app are popular but guess what? MS had bought a company that did live streaming feed but MS did nothing about it other than integrating that company into Skype for a dumb video messaging client platform. The company I am talking about was qik video streaming service, which I had on my N95-3 to use qik to stream live video straight on the net and then have that be my posted video too for fb. MS had that and just killed it, which is sad since that type of service is becoming popular. MS could have been on the forefront of the trend.
I know Firefox mobile is not that far behind, I see that is starting to grow and would consider using the platform once a phone with decent specs gets released with Firefox mobile here in the states. I am looking for an alternative to Android because well I did have it before and just did not like the fact on how my info gets used by Google on there, when I had my phone with Android I would get spammed heavily which all stopped when I got rid of the phone I had. I still use an android tablet but the phone book/phone call aspects of Android don't get used so I don't get spammed that way, maybe emails from time to time but no calls or odd text messages. As for Apple, well I don't like the iron fist Apple has over their products/ users.
So I do end with the question I started with. Will windows 10 be worth the wait? MS needs to do a lot to entice me to buy their next flag ship phone that's for sure.
PS: This is a little extra that I just needed insert here. My last great smartphone was the N95-3 that was a quality smartphone all around. I just wondered whatever happened to the devs/ apps who created Rock"n"Scroll and "Hand Wave" for the N95-3? If anyone knows what I am talking about. Those apps brought features to the N95-3 that I wish I could replicate with my phone today, like scrolling by tilting the phone or just waving my hand over for navigation. I know the closest I saw to something like hand wave was the commercial with Samsung galaxy with the chick answering the phone by placing her hand over the phone without touching it. Also I think Nokia was tinkering with the kinetic scrolling feature.
This will be the 3rd reboot for the platform. Microsoft lost a lot of ground (about 2 years+) from when Windows Mobile went to Windows 7 since nothing was happening in between. During that time Google just exploded with Android and Apple well kept their lead and s60 unfortunately had it slows dying death. From Windows 7 to 8 Microsoft did better but still lost some ground since apps had to be modified to work on 8 and then people who had Windows 7 phones had to get new phones to even use Windows 8. Windows 8 has been good, it makes for a solid smart phone but I feel as though it's missing some basic phone essentials and just wished more quality apps/devs were there. The missing apps is the reason why I have kept my Android tablet. I did get excited about seeing Nokia making Windows phone, which is why I even gave the platform a chance since my first phone was the 520 but got disappointed by the regular basic phone features (the N95-3, my last great smartphone, had quality basic phone features ie: txt messaging handling, email (saved either on to phone or sd card, call log, phone book etc). I hope MS some how gets that knowledge/ software and manages to integrate it into Windows 10 since they did buy the mobile part of Nokia.
Microsoft has made changes and advancements with Windows, seeing how well 8.1 is and how good cortana is too. I like using cortana when it comes to tasking her with sending text messages by talking or having her read the messages out loud via bluetooth. MS just needs to go all out in a big way. I was hoping with the past announcement they recently made would have at least hinted or said something about what the next flag ship phone will be but disappointed that they decided to hold back on that info. Now with seeing apps not get published for Windows and companies pulling apps from the Store, those actions are making me rethink if waiting for the next successor to the Lumia 930 (hopefully with an SD slot) or successor to the 1520 (slightly smaller screen) will be worth it. Also MS needs to stop missing the boat on new trends. I see meerkat (unsure of spelling) and I forget which other app are popular but guess what? MS had bought a company that did live streaming feed but MS did nothing about it other than integrating that company into Skype for a dumb video messaging client platform. The company I am talking about was qik video streaming service, which I had on my N95-3 to use qik to stream live video straight on the net and then have that be my posted video too for fb. MS had that and just killed it, which is sad since that type of service is becoming popular. MS could have been on the forefront of the trend.
I know Firefox mobile is not that far behind, I see that is starting to grow and would consider using the platform once a phone with decent specs gets released with Firefox mobile here in the states. I am looking for an alternative to Android because well I did have it before and just did not like the fact on how my info gets used by Google on there, when I had my phone with Android I would get spammed heavily which all stopped when I got rid of the phone I had. I still use an android tablet but the phone book/phone call aspects of Android don't get used so I don't get spammed that way, maybe emails from time to time but no calls or odd text messages. As for Apple, well I don't like the iron fist Apple has over their products/ users.
So I do end with the question I started with. Will windows 10 be worth the wait? MS needs to do a lot to entice me to buy their next flag ship phone that's for sure.
PS: This is a little extra that I just needed insert here. My last great smartphone was the N95-3 that was a quality smartphone all around. I just wondered whatever happened to the devs/ apps who created Rock"n"Scroll and "Hand Wave" for the N95-3? If anyone knows what I am talking about. Those apps brought features to the N95-3 that I wish I could replicate with my phone today, like scrolling by tilting the phone or just waving my hand over for navigation. I know the closest I saw to something like hand wave was the commercial with Samsung galaxy with the chick answering the phone by placing her hand over the phone without touching it. Also I think Nokia was tinkering with the kinetic scrolling feature.
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