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Originally Posted by wildpig
sure that's true? developers and business customers would not be happy.. i think there has to be some back compatibility
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WM6 apps are built on the .NETCF. WP7 is not using the .NETCF
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Originally Posted by twasnow
lol, what, do you work at Walmart or McD's, you really think $800 would stop serious developers. That's peanuts for such a comprehensive piece of software. oh no, so there wouldn't be all the useless apps like on Iphone and android, is that really a bad thing? in it's hayday windows mobile had a crazy amount of applications, almost all of them served a very useful purpose.
The fact that now there is a market for smart phones for idiots who don't have a clue what to do with there new tech so they really want to "Rate a Fart" or poke a cartoon image in the eye, is really sad.
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What makes or breaks a phone is Marketing not development past a point of acceptable usability, if you don't understand this than you really are fooling yourself, professional 3rd party developers go where the money is PERIOD.
You can't tell me the Iphone OS or Android OS were anything near perfect when they first came out. hell they still aren't. but a billion dollars in ad's and none of that matters.
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1) No I don't work for walmart or McDs, and no need to be insulting. and if you think im saying REAL devs are trying to be cheap, then you missed my point
2) My point is that with the iPhone OS you can pick up one of several free software development environments and have a simple (likely pointless) app in minimal time with minimal knowledge of what you're doing. I agree that $800 isnt going to stop a serious developer/company. ppl brag about how "BIG" the iPhone and Doid app stores are, and yet it's filled mostly with fart makers and woot buttons.
3) thanked your post for the benfit of the doubt I wont get more crap.
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Originally Posted by dcperdue
Visual Studio has never been a REQUIREMENT to develop in windows mobile. Its called wordpad. And all of the SDK's are free. Please know what your talking about before you post.
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1) Don't need to get hacked off about something this small
2) I understand it's not "required" per se, so maybe i misspoke before. My point was that apple/droid have free app dev environments that you don't have to code and compile everything manually. And apple/droid are renouned for having "huge" app stores, while most of its just crap. but obviously it doesnt matter WHAT makes the app store bigger, just that it is bigger. so MS missed the boat of having monster app stores filled with crap. as much as i prefer legit apps only in the app stores, it doesnt sell.
3) thanked your post for the benfit of the doubt I wont get more crap.