[AccessD] are PowerApps destined to fly?

[Darryl Collins]

Great comments Dan.

I never understood why MS didn't just pay the developers to make and maintain the most popular apps.  Even if they did just the top 20 most popular apps that would have worked.  It would have been chump change for them to pay as well for a huge potential upside.  I really think they didn't understand mobile back then.

As you know they did nothing and just expected the dev houses and individuals pony up the money and resources into developing windows apps for a tiny market.  Naturally hardly anyone bothered and the consumer who looked used a windows phone got annoyed they couldn't use their favourite apps.

I know a few folks who had windows phones a few years back.  I don't know anyone who has one now.

Cheers
Darryl.

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: 25 July, 2017 11:44 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] are PowerApps destined to fly?

I have a Microsoft phone (950 XL) - and it's quite nice!  From all the comments I've read a MS/Nokia phone has a better interface and higher reliability than other phones.

But two things are spelling doom:
	1) MS was way behind in market share by the time the good Nokia phones were available.
	2) There are certain apps that many people really want on a phone.  But they're not there because people making those apps (individuals and companies) believed that the MS phones would eventually fade away so they took a pass.  MS should have paid those companies and individuals to create a version for the MS phones - I think that things would have been different by now had they done that!

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: July 24, 2017 20:21
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] are PowerApps destined to fly?

I've never seen anyone with a Windows phone!

On 24 Jul 2017 at 21:11, Bill Benson wrote:

> I see the outlook for Windows Phone being rather bleak... as does  IDC 
> <http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS42334717>.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil via AccessD < 
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi All --
> >
> > What is your opinion - is there any/good business opportunity for 
> > consultants/contractors/ISVs here
> >
> > "PowerApps for Microsoft partners and ISVs": 
> > https://powerapps.microsoft.
> > com/en-us/tutorials/dev-isv-partner-intro/
> >
> > ?
> >
> > FYI: I have MS Office 365 Dev account and I have created from 
> > ready-to-use templates a sample PowerApp, and I have run it on 
> > desktop and in my Windows Phone - (surprisingly) it worked rather 
> > well. It should also run on Android phone/tablet and iPhone/iPad by 
> > using special app as it runs on Windows Phone using similar app.
> >
> > As far as I see currently PowerApps can only be shared within an 
> > organization/Office 365/Dynamics 365 common subscription and/or 
> > installed from public AppStore but to get a PowerApp published there 
> > at public AppStore one have to become MS Partner, get PowerApps Plan
> > 2 subscription worth $40/month  and a developed app has to pass a 
> > special verification and certification procedure.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > -- Shamil
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