[pjmlp]

> If anything, I can see a bright future for Microsoft.

I have both Android and Windows Phones.

The Windows Phone is actually quite good and from developer point of view, a pleasure compared with Android tooling and APIs.

Just the way Microsoft behaved with the customers has made many look elsewhere.

[clumsysmurf]

I've been developing for Android since 2009. I also own Windows Phones too. I prefer WP.

If WP would achieve just 10% market share in my country, I'd drop Android in a heartbeat.

My app deals primarily with Bluetooth BR/EDR + BLE comms to to external devices. Its been nonstop bugginess.

Nevermind Wifi Direct, which I can't get working on a good day. I keep hoping the opengarden guys will be able to overcome the crappy Android apis.

[pjc50]

Could you explain what you're referring to in the last sentence please?

(An example of how the Windows phone permissions and intents systems work in practice would be nice too)

[taklocke]

Could be the fact that Microsoft updates their iOS and Android apps before the same app on Windows Phone. I've seen that complaint from some of the WP community.

[pjmlp]

I mean how people see their Windows desktop experience and how they look for alternatives not associated with the Windows name.