Windows Phone 8, are you enjoying it?
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In the past 5 years ive tried iOS, Android and WP8 and have found WP to be the easiest to use, easiest to customise and the most user friendly, the only thing that lets it down is apps but it was the same on andriod for a while just takes a while for developers to catch up, when they do i can see wp taking off.
I found the iphone when i used it good but too restrictive, it all gad to be done their way or no way at all, Andriod i just found buggy and way too cluttered and scruffy looking, WP just seems a good medium between iphone and android, smart but not as restrictive
Anyone else using it and enjoying it? I'm currently using a 925 (had 920 but smashed it by accident so bought a 925)
I found the iphone when i used it good but too restrictive, it all gad to be done their way or no way at all, Andriod i just found buggy and way too cluttered and scruffy looking, WP just seems a good medium between iphone and android, smart but not as restrictive
Anyone else using it and enjoying it? I'm currently using a 925 (had 920 but smashed it by accident so bought a 925)
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I only have the Lumia 520, so a more basic phone, but really fab for £130. Does everything I want, not really had a problem with getting apps and I love the tiles
If the apps are not a problem then Windows Phone 8 is great and my preferred phone OS.
Only annoying thing is that I cant change my DNS settings to allow me to access content from America etc through Overplay ( Netlfix etc ).
An Android's what you make it. It can be as neat as the iPhone, as blocky and animated as Windows Phone or as scruffy and technical as desktop Windows. It can even run desktop Windows. That's the beauty of Android, you have so much control and the latest version (Jellybean) is far from buggy.
It's a chicken and egg situation. The platform has a limited number of apps which puts some consumers off so the growth of WP is slow. The number of phones out there (and therefore the number of customers to sell apps to) is small, so developers will hold off developing for it until it's worth their while.
You might find smaller devs will try developing for it, but as the development environment is based around Microsoft systems, and the majority of app developers will be using Macs to develop for iOS and to port/develop for Android, it's a bigger shift to do Windows Phone.
Developers who do PC stuff would find it easier. Essentially, I'm saying there are some barriers to entry for development studios to do WP. Initially it was the same on Android, but Google very sensibly made it easier for iOS developers to create their apps for Android, and that's when the number of Google apps really picked up.
Barclays Banking App
Grindr
Jack'd
They are missing and the 3 apps i use the most. More than likely a lot more i use are not available either, until recently they did not have a decent youtube app for Windows mobile.
But don't matter, after trying a Windows mobile i know i do not want one, horrible interface and i hate words often going off screen. For example if you went into settings it would say 'System Applica' instead of System Applications because the 'tions' would be off screen. This would appear all over the place and made it look messy.
There are a lot less games on WP8 at the moment...nowhere near the amount of good quality ones either.
never had that problem, maybe just an error on the handset you tried, as for Barclays, its coming soon
http://www.wpcentral.com/barclays-working-windows-phone-app-due-out-2014
The thing about words going off the screen is common to all Windows Phones and part of the design - I for one like it but can see how others don't.
This is the problem I also have which keeps me from using WP8 full time, I've also noticed a lot of the time the WP8 version of apps are crap compared to the iOS and Android versions, Facebook and Dropbox anyone? If I had instagram, vine and a few other apps I'd be happy enough.
The latest version of Facebook is just like the iOS and Android versions save for the chat heads.
For vine, try 6sec. For Instagram, there is instance and 6tagram is coming.
Why use Dropbox when you have SkyDrive which natively integrates into windows 8?
Yeah, they're just a piss poor web interface... clearly very little effort put into them which is disappointing... At least iPlayer was done well even if it isn't a native app, like iOS or Android has... still, glad they eventually decided to at least build one.. hopefully a native app will follow at some point.
Metrotube is how it should be done. I'd happily forgo Instagram and Vine for that app.