{"id":14397,"date":"2012-10-30T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=14397"},"modified":"2012-10-30T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:26:26","slug":"on-the-cheap-crazy-eights-for-windows-phone-app-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/software\/windows-os\/on-the-cheap-crazy-eights-for-windows-phone-app-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Cheap: Crazy Eights For Windows Phone App Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Windows Phone 8 is here and for the first time in a long time, the general public seems interested in a Windows smartphone. Microsoft has heard the complaints from Windows Phone 7 users who wanted more apps. The previous attempt at a mobile OS lacked such stalwarts as Pandora and, curiously as Microsoft owns it, Skype. Now, Skype is tightly integrated to a Windows phone and a huge deal was made of Pandora for Windows Phone 8 at yesterday’s press event. All that being said, Microsoft is coming in way behind Google and Apple when it comes to app counts, which is why the operating system giant is reaching out to developers with more than words.<\/p>\n