Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

Re:Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based tra... by diminish on Sunday September 07, 2014 @06:51AM (#8280744)

>> I'm a 17-year old self-taught developer just starting to tap into the mobile world! :3

Great idea indeed, wish I could try.

To tap into the mobile world, it could be better if you'd target the 95% user base (iPhone or Android). Unfortunately Windows Phone sells less than 3% globally in Q2 and going forward, the prospects for Blackberry, Symbian and Windows Phone look darker. Even newer more exotic options such as Jolla, FirefoxOS, Tizen, Ubuntu Touch don't seem to have prospects for much bigger market share.

But impressive idea, again.

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Re:Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based tra... by timthorn on Sunday September 07, 2014 @06:58AM (#8280759)

In some markets, WP has over 10% market share. It's absolutely true that globally the share is much less but it isn't a small number of deployed units in absolute terms.

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Re:Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based tra... by loosescrews on Sunday September 07, 2014 @07:11AM (#8280786)

From what I have seen, Windows Phone has way over 10% market share amongst Microsoft employees.

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Re:Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based tra... by Jaberer on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @01:16AM (#8288850)

Thanks for the advice!

I just happen to have a WP, and like C# the most :) Already working on an Android version as many of my friends have told me :)

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