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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Damon Bennet
Member
That continuum stuff was incredible. Mind blowing even.
Negative nancy
Astral/H3X
Member
I think the key difference between what BB did, and what MS is doing, is that these apps work for fucking everything. It's not that we'll get iOS apps on WP10, it's that we'll get any app that any Windows Platform gets, and even webpages adjusted to work as apps. Xbox will be a huge opener for all of this, since people will want to target that, and with Desktop apps we'll get those on Phone as well. It's really the fact of Universal Apps being exactly that -- one binary for fucking everything, that makes this a good thing.
Who wouldn't add 3 lines of code to get 5 more platforms?
Who wouldn't add 3 lines of code to get 5 more platforms?
depends on how much it costs to maintain those 5 platforms.
Steelyuhas
Member
Nope
lastflowers
Banned
that's the project I'm working on
Best //build/ ever.
The best surprise: http://www.windowscentral.com/you-have-been-running-ios-app-your-windows-phone-and-didnt-even-know-i
The best surprise: http://www.windowscentral.com/you-have-been-running-ios-app-your-windows-phone-and-didnt-even-know-i
You didn't even spill the beans for me!
Well, not entirely at least.
The iOS and Android dealios were different from what I expected. In a good way!
CaptainABAB
Member
Which 5 additional platforms are you referring to?
I've had an upgrade waiting since last fall hehe.
A solid keynote. The Objective C translator, Continium for Phones, Windows 10 looking like something usable on the 8" tablet and obviously Hololens were the highlights.
Seeing the Office apps in Continium on phone finally made me get that it's the same app everywhere. Previously the back of my mind kept thinking it was the same core but different user experience on the two devices but this finally made it click.
You're asking in the Windows Phone thread when the Android evangelist isn't here. It's safe to assume a majority of people would say wait.
Seeing the Office apps in Continium on phone finally made me get that it's the same app everywhere. Previously the back of my mind kept thinking it was the same core but different user experience on the two devices but this finally made it click.
You're asking in the Windows Phone thread when the Android evangelist isn't here. It's safe to assume a majority of people would say wait.
Astral/H3X
Member
Okay, four. Tablet, Xbox, Phone, and Desktop.
LostMyNarbles
Member
The new App solutions sound interesting, but they're nothing more than an idea at this point until I see a lot of developers taking advantage of the project.
Rudy's tweet and the fact that Candy Crush was apparently a ported game makes you wonder if developers have had these tools for some time then why haven't we gotten that large influx of their apps. The obvious answer would be they still don't care.
Rudy's tweet and the fact that Candy Crush was apparently a ported game makes you wonder if developers have had these tools for some time then why haven't we gotten that large influx of their apps. The obvious answer would be they still don't care.
Same.
lastflowers
Banned
I can't speak to every avenue demonstrated today, but I doubt they disseminate these widely before build.
NeOak
Member
I don't think they were exactly common like lastflowers said.
Most likely everything was under a heavy NDA and the candy crush saga project was a test pilot.
November Verizon worldwide exclusive.
lastflowers
Banned
Always the safe choice. I'd do the same.
Showing off that Snapchat app?
haha, yeah i understand. looking forward to seeing more apps transition from android to windows so that we can hail you as our savior
LukasTaves
Member
5 is right, hololens
6 if you count devices without screens.
this is really amazing and bizarre coming to think of it, lol
Steelyuhas
Member
Snapchat will never come, just so they continue a internet drama war with Rudy.
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Cool stuff shown off today, the Android/iOS porting solution seems pretty good and continuum for phones was a surprise.
Gimmie new builds!
Astral/H3X
Member
Honestly, the extent to which universal apps are... well universal, is absolutely mind boggling. The fact that an app can be the exact same program on so many devices, and work seamlessly, is amazing. This seriously felt like some next gen shit.
Also I am so getting a Surface Pro 4 this fall.
Also I am so getting a Surface Pro 4 this fall.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I was at work all morning so I missed everything. Is the boat still sinking?
Astral/H3X
Member
The expectation is that developers will actually develop apps, since 99% of the work will target a very huge amount of devices.
EDIT:
Probably not. Even if WP doesn't take the world by storm, Universal Apps mean that pretty much as long as Windows exists, we won't feel stranded. Which is fine by me.
Was the hotel app a new app or did it exist in the windows store already?
HarryDemeanor
Member
Wonder if they're just going to show off that Minecraft demo they gave last time.
Anton Sugar
Member
lol
we are announcing false hope & broken dreams