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Old 29 April 2015, 08:48 PM
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http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/85...s-apps-bridges

Hope it works out, but suspect they'll get the balance wrong.
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Why though?? Why bother going to the hassle of making the likes of angry birds and showbox compatible when most folks will just use their existing ios and android devices.
Old 29 April 2015, 10:07 PM
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It makes their phones more appealing.
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Cross platform, the scam artists will love it.
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Will Apple be following??

No they'll change something to make it possible to charge people more for the same product ..

Why did they change the charger .. such a ball ache
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Cross platform, the scam artists will love it.
Assuming that can be controlled though, why would you bother with the other two especially when windows stuff is so much more affordable. Last windows phone I used was very fluid
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Well overdue and I think a little too late. Microsoft have tried to keep up with the other markets for too long by trying to offer customers a different approach to smartphones instead of just listening to the customer wants.
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Our developers have failed in porting our app fully to Windows Phone. The Android and iOS versions work fine, but developing for WP is difficult. Especially API's for the camera which our app relies on. Hopefully this will make things easier.
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I've just started using bluestacks on my Windows tablet and works a treat so far running android apps.
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