Re: No More Windows/Xbox Franken-Handheld?

On Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:19:08 -0400, Joel wrote:

In 2013, I was shopping for a new phone, and was strongly considering
the Windows Phone, until the gentleman at the store told us that it was
really devoid of apps, compared to Apple and Android.  I ended up
getting my first Galaxy S phone, then, an S4.  Since that time, Galaxy S
models are all I've wanted and gotten.

Vicious circle. Developers have been burned by Microsoft a few times so
they adopt a wait-and-see approach. Not many apps means poor sales for the
device which means little enthusiasm for creating apps for it.

Apple is a pain in the ass, not creating the iPhone app itself, but
getting it into the Apple store.  If you're doing Candy Crush it's worth
it but our app had a very limited audience so we dropped the Apple
project. The apk could be side loaded into Android, but not the walled
garden.

My Nokia phone is still going strong but I guess I'll have to do something
different some day.