Re:I'm Regretting Going WP7
by wallflower on Saturday March 26, 2011 @11:54AM
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Can you please post your per-platform usage stats after you launch? I think that it would be of value for the mobile developers here.
Also, since you are attacking simultaneously on four fronts - a blog post about the advantages and disadvantages of developing code and assets (graphics) for each platform would be great (obvious one - no IB/ExprStudio for Android?).
Re:I'm Regretting Going WP7
by zacharypinter on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:23PM
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We definitely want to do some posts (maybe a conference talk?) comparing the development and design for each of the environments.
As for usage stats, I'd have to check with the client (not sure they'd want that public).
Even having skipped an entire sprint (~10 days) to focus more on Android, the WP7 app is progressing along further and faster than the other clients. Just having support for (albeit limited) databinding is a huge win. Plus, you get great looking apps pretty much for free with the theming defaults.
That said, I have access to a few Windows phones (HTC Surround, HTC HD7, and some keyboard phone) and I would not be able to switch to any of them over my Nexus One. Dealbreakers for me:
* The search button is locked to Bing (not configurable)
* The browser is not only IE, but a crappy offshoot of an old version of IE (I believe IE7 w/ a few patches)
* No Pandora