Hi,
Do have anyone news about coming apps for Windows 8 RT?
I'm happy with my Surface 2 but sometimes I'm thinking about the apps. So why they're need so much time to create any kind of app for Windows 8?
For example, "Candy Crush" is very popular on any system (iOS or Android) but why they need so long to think about it to implement this on Windows 8. I think Windows 8 is stable now and also ready for all these other apps.
What's your impression?
BR,
PatBadAzz
It's all about how many users you will get.
My impression is that the Facebook Flash version works just fine in IE on Windows 8/RT. The only reasons I can think of to have an app would be to play when no internet connection is available, or if you want to play it completely separate from Facebook. Then again, I'm kind of an app minimalist...
domboy said:
My impression is that the Facebook Flash version works just fine in IE on Windows 8/RT. The only reasons I can think of to have an app would be to play when no internet connection is available, or if you want to play it completely separate from Facebook. Then again, I'm kind of an app minimalist...
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Well... u're right but I'm not wanna play some games via Facebook and I'm using the Facebook app not the IE. So I prefer apps for games ...
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I love this program , although after trying zune, I can not deploy apps from Zune, I can see them and sync from Zune , but I cant deploy apps , just curious if theres a connection between the two? Windows Phone Marketplace v1.6.2 (i believe this is a homebrew )
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I love this program , although after trying zune, I can not deploy apps from Zune, I can see them and sync from Zune , but I cant deploy apps , just curious if theres a connection between the two? Windows Phone Marketplace v1.6.2 (i believe this is a homebrew )
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There is no relation between zune and that app.
PS: Yeah, I also think this is a homebrew... but I am not really sure.
There is no connection between the two. You should be able to install apps from zune, but not by using a deployer. Zune deploys the app its self. So there is no reason to want to use any deployment tool to install apps from zune to phone, you should try using eried's desktop marketplace, as it is the best way to get apps and also deploy's them to phone. If you are trying to deploy large games as app from zune or from your phone, you will have to use wifi to download the app and install.
This is Eried's deployer , the thing is it works great, I really dont use Zune at all ,I only use this program , but I tried Zune the other day and the marketplace apps show , but the download button isnt showing ,so I cant download anything off of zune , I have 2 Samsung focus, one works fine (now hacks ,just stock) and my regular use fone with all the hacks, this just started a few days ago, I havent changed any registry settings other than unlock
Well in zune take for instance, if you wanted twitter, you would click on free and then accept. then it will launch and install. thats how it did me, it didnt show a download either for me.
IT WASNT SHOWING THE FREE BUTTON! Its fixed now though!
So here is a strange one, and I was wondering if someone knows how to do this correctly.
With my new phone I am using the same Windows Live account as my other WP7 device. It automatically downloaded a few of the games I had on my Samsung, but not others. Like maybe a third of my games showed up.
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So here is a strange one, and I was wondering if someone knows how to do this correctly.
With my new phone I am using the same Windows Live account as my other WP7 device. It automatically downloaded a few of the games I had on my Samsung, but not others. Like maybe a third of my games showed up.
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I think the only way now is manually install all the apps and game you had purchase in marketplace by browsing the marketplace all over again...
Some nice tips to ease this progress, use Zune software rather than your WP7 when browsing the marketplace for more efficient
Thanks
OK, it looks like I have to do it on the phone actually. On the computer, I click "Buy" and then it says the game is already purchased, but doesn't present me with an option to re-install, but on the phone it does.
Either way, it is still odd that some games downloaded and installed on their own, while others didn't.
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Thanks
OK, it looks like I have to do it on the phone actually. On the computer, I click "Buy" and then it says the game is already purchased, but doesn't present me with an option to re-install, but on the phone it does.
Either way, it is still odd that some games downloaded and installed on their own, while others didn't.
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zune can't tell what apps you purchase directly on the phone. Only ones that you buy/download through the zune software.
I have talked to the zune support team and they are trying to add the functionality in a future update of zune.
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zune can't tell what apps you purchase directly on the phone. Only ones that you buy/download through the zune software.
I have talked to the zune support team and they are trying to add the functionality in a future update of zune.
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BINGO! That makes total sense as to why only a few auto downloaded.
Thankfully, NoDo made the marketplace 100x better to use. I was able to quickly find the apps and que them all up without any crash. A minute later, all my games were in their hub.
Lesson to be learned here: Download apps through Zune if at all possible.
I thought Mango was suppose to bring full support for IM clients? Yet IM+ and WhatsApp are still awful. WhatsApp is such an incredible app on iOS and Android, using it on WP7 makes me cry literally on what monstrosity they've created. I get a toast notification for a new message, I click it and it takes a good 3-4 seconds for message window to open (why not instantly?) and it takes nearly 10-15 seconds for the new message to appear. It's the exact same behavior in IM+. It's very laggy and very choppy and a far cry from the general smoothness of Mango.
So can someone tell me why this is?
Developers are human beings prone to imperfection. Give it time, allow them to learn the ropes of this new platform and iron out the kinks.
The WhatsApp developers said they wanted the app to be available as soon as possible so they purposely made it barebones. They also promised several updates to make it on par with the other versions.
As for IM+ they haven't updated the app to Mango yet but it's coming.
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The WhatsApp developers said they wanted the app to be available as soon as possible so they purposely made it barebones. They also promised several updates to make it on par with the other versions.
As for IM+ they haven't updated the app to Mango yet but it's coming.
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i'm staying on IM+ cos miyota's messenger suck. but the new versions of IM+ has no more messenger support, and i doubt future updates will have it any time soon
so it's actually quite irrelevant to me cos
1. i lose messenger functionality if i update it
2. it is still quite laggy if i don't
oh well...
blanket said:
i'm staying on IM+ cos miyota's messenger suck. but the new versions of IM+ has no more messenger support, and i doubt future updates will have it any time soon
so it's actually quite irrelevant to me cos
1. i lose messenger functionality if i update it
2. it is still quite laggy if i don't
oh well...
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Why the heck would you need any 3rd party app in order to use live messenger or facebook? oO
blanket said:
i'm staying on IM+ cos miyota's messenger suck. but the new versions of IM+ has no more messenger support, and i doubt future updates will have it any time soon
so it's actually quite irrelevant to me cos
1. i lose messenger functionality if i update it
2. it is still quite laggy if i don't
oh well...
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I (and others) updated twice and still haven't lost WLM. The way I understand it, as long as you update and don't reinstall it stays there. But just in case you're unlucky I'm not telling you to go ahead and do it
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Why the heck would you need any 3rd party app in order to use live messenger or facebook? oO
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I actually like having dedicated apps for IM, same for twitter. The only app I've stopped using is facebook because the implementation is quite complete in WP7.
I would say it's probably down to UI for me, I find IM+ easier to manage than the built-in messaging for whatever reason (same for twitter) but they really need to upgrade it to Mango.
Everything has gone downhill in the application scene after the mango... Didn't they released the so called APIs? So where are the new applications which were not possible to make before? Since mango all we saw were updates for 'fast app switching' which btw is not fst at all... And than we saw saw a dozen applications to pin a settings tile on front page... And than it just died. No new apps, no new games, everything in MP just died and came to a stall.
So much so far for the hyped API release..
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Agreed, the marketplace is depressing and the APIs were released ages ago.
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Agreed. Not sure what more MS could do to entice developers. They will even write your code for you ffs. We need developers to show some initiative, or will we have to wait for Windows 8 & WP8 integration to get it?
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Everything has gone downhill in the application scene after the mango... Didn't they released the so called APIs? So where are the new applications which were not possible to make before? Since mango all we saw were updates for 'fast app switching' which btw is not fst at all... And than we saw saw a dozen applications to pin a settings tile on front page... And than it just died. No new apps, no new games, everything in MP just died and came to a stall.
So much so far for the hyped API release..
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How much faster could the app switching be lol
I say give it some time. I am expecting we'll soon see apps like the announced Skype, Tango, Spotify apps etc. Mango hasn't even reached 100% roll out yet. Perhaps too they're waiting till the Gen 2 phones launch in the US.
Just within the last few days apps like LastFM, iHeartRadio, Tunein Radioa and Vevo got background audio streaming, pinnable stations and yes fast app switching So I think the pace is fine in terms of current apps getting updated. New apps will come soon.
This is going off-topic now, but I can probably guess at why developers have been slow with updating their apps for Mango.
When Microsoft released the Mango tools, they told us (the developers) that once we updated our apps to Mango, then we wouldn't be able to update our NoDo apps. They changed that, but quite close to Mango release so there wasn't all that much time to get on and update.
It also takes time for developers to actually implement the new features and APIs into their programs.
Does the built-in live messenger functionalityi n the WP7 messaging app support "see when they are typing" yet? You know, the "..." visual that tells you the other person is typing a message? That's kind of the whole point of messaging over data rather than texting (like BBM and iMessage).
@Casey_boy that explains the slow pace of updates but not the lack of new apps.
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dkp1977 said:
Why the heck would you need any 3rd party app in order to use live messenger or facebook? oO
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This is why the heck...firstly, I'm using my outlook account which tied to Australia region for my main account. While,my main account which is the one with all my messenger buddy is tied to my US. Therefore, I can't use the outlook account for messenger. And I even tried the following steps:
1)my main account is created few years ago, and it is tied to US. However, until now I still unable to change the live ID or merge with my current Australia account.
2)M$ don't support messenger for secondary windows live account.
3)tried to move all my active messenger buddy to outlook account,but M$ don't allow me to use live messenger on this outlook account. It keep showing error and need me the fix the password.
4)not willing to create a new live messenger account as I have spent around 30dollars on apps.
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@Casey_boy that explains the slow pace of updates but not the lack of new apps.
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This ..
And lets not forget Mango has been available to developers for months now.. I think like 3 months already.
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Does the built-in live messenger functionalityi n the WP7 messaging app support "see when they are typing" yet? You know, the "..." visual that tells you the other person is typing a message? That's kind of the whole point of messaging over data rather than texting (like BBM and iMessage).
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It dosent have that functionality..
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@Casey_boy that explains the slow pace of updates but not the lack of new apps.
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What lack of new apps? We're at 33k
madmaximillian said:
Does the built-in live messenger functionalityi n the WP7 messaging app support "see when they are typing" yet? You know, the "..." visual that tells you the other person is typing a message? That's kind of the whole point of messaging over data rather than texting (like BBM and iMessage).
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For most people the point of instant messaging is simply that it doesn't use text/ sms messages, it uses your data plan.
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What lack of new apps? We're at 33k
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your 'we have 33k app' rebuttal is like a toddler saying 'what game? i have rusty's poop to play with'..
here is my penny to keep you thinking and demand quality:
sms scheduler to automatically fire up and send sms on particular day and time.
call sms blocker.
dedicated agenda and appointment app. Pocket Informant.
a wallet app. code wallet pro.
last decent game which i didnt finish in a day was released on 5/18/11: plant vs zombies.
audio recorder to record incoming and outgoing calls automatically. resco audio recorder.
data monitor which records all ur wifi and data connection and gives a monthly/weekly/daily/yearly view. spb data monitor.
an app to collect total call duration peak/offpeak/weekends to warn when reaching calling plan limit. phone dashboard.
Most of what you just listed isn't possible with the Mango APIs
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Most of what you just listed isn't possible with the Mango APIs
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ya than stfu and dont tell people to look at your 33k apps.
apps after mango, apps after mango, microsoft will release APIs after mngo.. everyone had hopes on mango.. and now i dont know what APIs did they release.. because everytime i ask for any app i know the other person will come up with the same old 'oh thats not possible because MS didnt release that API..' bullshi*.
according to you the only apps developer can make with present API is to pin a tile and another RSS reader, combine it with flaslite and tip calculator and we have your 33K app you mentioned.
Hey XDA,
Romit Metha (@theromit) started a Google doc that is keeping track of some of the most popular and big name mobile apps out there and whether or not they are available for WP7.
Here is a link to the list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atl58J-8ikdwdHpVOTJzTjhGSHBTeVUyRlNjVHRsX0E&hl#gid=0
Do you want me to list them in this post too? Or just refer to the link?
Tweet suggestions to him (@theromit) or post them below and I'll pass the message on to him to update the list accordingly.
What apps do you want to see on Windows Phone 7 that are available on iOS, Android or BB?
I'm looking forward to a Wells Fargo application or Mint.com, as well as Nike+, and Instagram.
Sam
PS:
We are looking for suggestions for apps that are officially on iOS (iPhone) and Android (Smartphones not Tablets). Maybe a thread for the tablet versions of apps can be appropriate in the Windows 8 forum once it launches later this year. In the meantime lets focus on mobile!
Edit: To reduce duplication, here are all the apps so far.
Whatsapp (In Marketplace)
Tom Tom
Square
Pandora
Words With Friends
Instagram
HippoRemote
Starbucks
WebEx
LogMeIn
GoToMeeting
Citrix Receiver
Wells Fargo
Chase
PayPal
American Express
Mint.com
Citi
CNBC
e*trade mobile pro
ESPN Radio
Yahoo Fantasy Football
CNN app
Viber
TeamViewer
My6sense (In Marketplace)
BB&T
Voxer
Dropbox
Camera+
Spotify (In Marketplace)
Soundhound (In Marketplace)
Cinch
Picplz
shopkick
Safari Books Online
Cut The Rope
Tumblr (Official)
Google+
Golf Shot
Univision app
Remote Desktop
Tweetdeck
File Explorer
Microsoft Sharedview
AirVideo
Waze
ComiXology
GoodReader
Bump
Vonage
Ooma
VuDu
ESPN Cricinfo
Sonos
Photosynth
Scottrade
Nike+ GPS
Hyundai Bluelink
SiriusXM Player
LinkedIn
XDA Suggestions:
Viber (Being worked on apparently)
Aweditorium (It is only on iPad that I saw. We are looking for iPhone and Android apps for Windows Phone not Win8)
Flipboard
Dragon dictation
Hamachi (Not on iOS as far as I could find)
Family Feud
Chipotle
Panera Bread (Nothing official on iOS either)
PNC
Better Best Buy app (Since the current one sucks so bad)
Sams club
Jaxtr (Now in Marketplace)
Torrent Client
Comcast Xfinity
Draw Something
Words with friends and family feud. I don't want them but I know so many people that wouldn't ge a windows phone without them.
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Drag racing by creative mobile. There is on similar in the marketplace but it suvks.
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Voxer (you can tweet them @voxer I've been bugging them)
chase bank
Words with friends
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What i would like to see -
team viewer
logmein
Citrix
Cut the rope works fine via the browser www.cuttherope.ie just change settings to touch to cut rope instead of swipe
Freakin' Skype!
A scan program that will scan a document as a Word Doc. I don't understand why we don't have this.
Thought I would point out WhatsApp is available in the marketplace already and has been for quite some time. I am glad it made quite an early entrance to the WP7 market as all my friends use it.
Chipotle
Panera Bread
PNC
Better Best Buy app
Sams club
Our apps should be quality equivalent to iOS, ours shouldnt slack because of a different OS
Words With Friends
Viber
iKiLLM0RE said:
Words With Friends
Viber
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Viber is curently being worked on
http://helpme.viber.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/83/15/viber-for-windows-phone
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Spotify
Soundhound
Are already in the Marketplace for a while now...
And Nokia has a Univision app (don't know if its official).
People also want a YouTube app and a Google Maps app (all official, arguably more wanted/needed than Google+)
+ 1 for teamviewer - that would be amazing.
Skype obviously. Also Aweditorium, Flipbook, dragon dictation, and most importantly a UK version of the Amazon app.
What's missing the in the list (ordered by importance) :
1) Hamachi, HAMACHI , HAMACHI!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. LogMeIn is different from Hamachi. LogMeIn let's you remotely login (a sort of VNC client/server), Hamachi creates fast and easy peer 2 peer VPN (even behind firewall).
2) Jaxtr !!!!!!!!!! JAXTR !!!!!!!!
3) a proper Console/cmd for moving, rename files, ping and similar
4) torrent client
5) a java virtual machine (even an emulated one would be good enough)
6) ssh/ftp/http/php server (3 different apps)
otherworld said:
+ 1 for teamviewer - that would be amazing.
Skype obviously. Also Aweditorium, Flipbook, dragon dictation, and most importantly a UK version of the Amazon app.
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Flipboard would be amazing, both on Windows 8 and Windows Phone. I feel like it could translate nicely with the metro design language.
Keep the suggestions coming XDA! I'll work on updated the first post in this thread and keeping it clean and organizing it better. I'm also going to send our suggestions to Romit too.
Sam
I would really like a really good Comcast Xfinity app. I was pumped when I saw this a while back.....http://pocketnow.com/software-1/windows-phone-7-app-concept-comcast-xfinity
It may be a reality after seeing this.....http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/comcast-confirms-microsoft-deal-xfinity-coming-to-xbox-360/59853
I'd like to see:
Words with Friends
Square (credit card processing)
thank you very much for useful info
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Flipbook would be amazing, both on Windows 8 and Windows Phone. I feel like it could translate nicely with the metro design language.
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So true. Flipbook looks and feels like it should have been an app designed specifically for metro. They both quote a 'celebration of typography'. It will really shine on a windows 8 tablet, but I could easily see it working on wp7 too. Fingers crossed.
Skype and a Port of the Android App "Quizoid" ( I have the Database with the Questions, so I can port it, but alone is not so easy ) ...
Opera browser with flash support.
I'm using Windows Mobile since almost four years. I like it very much due to its functioning and security. Now I'm running Windows 10 OS. I had some experience of reseting of my phone. Great sad news is the downloading of apps each time. It's very sad to download again medium apps and big files of games which I play daily. There are some sites which provide some windows phone app files. But not every thing. Most of windows 10 mobile apps, especially UWP apps, can't be downloaded other than from windows store.
Is there any way we can get xap/appx/appxbundle formatted app files from phone itself?