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re: Microsoft CEO Stokes Surface Phone Rumors With 'Ultimate Mobile Device' Comments
Posted on 11/24/16 at 8:06 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
Posted on 11/24/16 at 8:06 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
Microsoft had Project Astoria which let devs port their Android APK apps to Windows Phone, but Google Play Services functionality was lost in the process. If they could nail that, a Surface phone with access to Android app marketplace would be extremely viable.
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Posted on 11/24/16 at 8:38 pm to Baers Foot
If I could load Android apps on a surface phone, I'd be first in line for one.
Really just need FB, Twitter, Snapchat, and Schwab banking
Really just need FB, Twitter, Snapchat, and Schwab banking
Posted on 11/25/16 at 4:07 pm to Baers Foot
welcome to the Blackberry problem.
BB created an Android runtime player. Several developers created apps that allowed you to download apps from the Google play store.
However, if a particular app required Google Play Services, such as HBO to GO or Google Maps, you were screwed. Google is also fixing it to where more and more apps must require Google Play Services. One reason BB went full Android.
Windows faces a similar problem if it is going that route.
The other problem with porting Android apps to Windows is that the ported apps will never run as smoothly as the native apps.
BB created an Android runtime player. Several developers created apps that allowed you to download apps from the Google play store.
However, if a particular app required Google Play Services, such as HBO to GO or Google Maps, you were screwed. Google is also fixing it to where more and more apps must require Google Play Services. One reason BB went full Android.
Windows faces a similar problem if it is going that route.
The other problem with porting Android apps to Windows is that the ported apps will never run as smoothly as the native apps.
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