I recently wrote an entry with a similar title. But I had a similar experience again today.Here's how my 1520/WP made me proud and irritated in the same in the same day.
The good: My wife and I go to the local arboretum for some R&R. It was a beautiful day. So I decide to take some pics. I mean wow...as you can imagine awesome pics. Then we decide to go to a Mavericks game. So I buy the tickets on stubhub and get an uber. Of course I use Cortana. She even told me when it was time to leave once I got the email confirmation. My wife is impressed.
The bad: This is where my good experience ends. Long story short...the app gap got me. The stubhub app is crap. First...i couldn't order the tickets on the app (had to use website). Then i couldn't even bring up the tickets in the app. Now you might say what's the big deal...just use the email pdf, right? Well...i tried that. The email brought up the pdf but that couldn't scan at the door. So I'm stuck at the door and would have to go back outside to the box office to print the tickets. ERR! So I get on my wife's samsung edge, download stubhub, sign in and what do u know....The proper barcode comes up in the app for my tickets instantly. I had to pull over to the side for like 5 min to sort it out while there was a line behind me. What would of happened if my wife was not there?
The lesson. The Hardware and even UI are great. But seriously...having a WP is literally an inconvenience. That's just the truth. I didn't need it to do anything special today except basic smartphone functions. This may be the straw that breaks the camels back for me.
Just my mussing's.
The good: My wife and I go to the local arboretum for some R&R. It was a beautiful day. So I decide to take some pics. I mean wow...as you can imagine awesome pics. Then we decide to go to a Mavericks game. So I buy the tickets on stubhub and get an uber. Of course I use Cortana. She even told me when it was time to leave once I got the email confirmation. My wife is impressed.
The bad: This is where my good experience ends. Long story short...the app gap got me. The stubhub app is crap. First...i couldn't order the tickets on the app (had to use website). Then i couldn't even bring up the tickets in the app. Now you might say what's the big deal...just use the email pdf, right? Well...i tried that. The email brought up the pdf but that couldn't scan at the door. So I'm stuck at the door and would have to go back outside to the box office to print the tickets. ERR! So I get on my wife's samsung edge, download stubhub, sign in and what do u know....The proper barcode comes up in the app for my tickets instantly. I had to pull over to the side for like 5 min to sort it out while there was a line behind me. What would of happened if my wife was not there?
The lesson. The Hardware and even UI are great. But seriously...having a WP is literally an inconvenience. That's just the truth. I didn't need it to do anything special today except basic smartphone functions. This may be the straw that breaks the camels back for me.
Just my mussing's.
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