Comments on: Microsoft posting points to universal apps between Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/microsoft-posting-points-to-universal-apps-between-windows-phone-8-windows-8/ Sat, 25 May 2013 16:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: CfC http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/microsoft-posting-points-to-universal-apps-between-windows-phone-8-windows-8/#comment-1310247 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:20:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=609050#comment-1310247 This is old news, and is obvious in the free SDK that MSFT hands out for Win 8.

It shows how much the tech-media tracks the favorite front-runner acts like Apple way too much.

Even though Win 8 is not getting the most friendly press, some of these features are gonna sneak up on people and surprise them.

]]> By: LionSingh http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/microsoft-posting-points-to-universal-apps-between-windows-phone-8-windows-8/#comment-1310102 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:52:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=609050#comment-1310102 Agreed that a desktop experience must be richer than a mobile’s otherwise why would anyone buy a PC/laptop (Regardless of OS). PC appsust not suffer from the same limitations that are imposed upon mobile apps owing to mobile hardware constraints. However I believe that because tablet and phone hardware is now very powerful, most people need not buy laptops at all. From that POV, MSFT’s move seems right to me.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/microsoft-posting-points-to-universal-apps-between-windows-phone-8-windows-8/#comment-1310051 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:39:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=609050#comment-1310051 Correct; something I should have been clearer about. These apps would be Metro-style apps.

]]> By: Matt Eagar http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/microsoft-posting-points-to-universal-apps-between-windows-phone-8-windows-8/#comment-1309969 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:48:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=609050#comment-1309969 Enough already. When is MS going to learn that the user experience on a mobile device shouldn’t be identical to that on a PC? Windows 8 is a mess, and this would only make it worse.

]]> By: LionSingh http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/microsoft-posting-points-to-universal-apps-between-windows-phone-8-windows-8/#comment-1309958 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:37:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=609050#comment-1309958 This only applies to apps using the Win RT API, not those using Win32 API. In other words, TurboTax that you run on your Windows desktop won’t run on your phone or a Windows RT tablet.

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