Anyways I call BS on the claim that a independent developer refused to port a twitter app (like there arent tons of those – in fact I have one on WM 6 phone) for a bucket of cash. If true why? maybe because he was afraid his iphone apps would all get rejected by apple due to him making a app for their competition. I can see the new agreement.

If the undersigned makes a application for a competing device, then a bunch of guys in blue shirts will take said person or persons and throw them to a slobbering mob of apple zealots to be torn to shreds. Oh and apple will also reject all current and future apps from said person or persons.

Go competition !!

they should stop trying to copy apple because microsoft is actually pretty good when it innovates. my friends love their xboxes. they love the netflix support and the minigames you can buy and they love xbox live.

i think that microsoft should get the xbox team working on mobile products. i’d love to see what they would come up with. we don’t need a zunePhone, we need an xPhone.

But this is good for business. Developers are getting money on both fronts if they choose. From Apple and Microsoft. They need to get to it. I know I would.

Apple marketed a phone that was a phone, web browser, and media player, then added 40,000 apps which make it many other things. The main reason people by it is Apple unlike most companies, focuses on the user experience and not just techie features. I never missed cut and paste on my Iphone. At all!!! And I’m A.D.D. so I’m glad I can’t leave programs running in the background when I take a call. I would never make it past lunch on a single charge if I had to remember to close them myself.

The only thing Apple invented is how to market a feature phone as a smartphone that just recently got copy and paste.

Stop acting like Apple does nothing but invent invent invent. Apple didn’t invent fonts, get over yourself.

Offering incentives to developers is a common practice. Microsoft does it, Adobe does it, even Apple does it. But don’t let facts get in the way of a good rant.

My response would have been… “How big is this bucket?” and “Who’s face is on these bills?”

Was Microsoft offering a porting SERVICE where they would port the app if the dev paid Microsoft? If so what’s wrong with that?

Yup, having something seemingly pointless/childish like “pull my finger” and “Interrupting Cow” is what gets me into the AppStore – then I get hooked/interested, and buy some more serious applications. I mean there is water-slide simulators for heavens sake!

I’m not sure Microsoft, perhaps anyone, can copy the “feel” of the AppStore anytime soon!

Are you even aware of how M$ and Apple got started? Both companies have lied, stole, and done other unethical things to get where they are at today. This is nothing new. It’s simply business as usual.

Fast Forward…

Apple releases the iPod, Microsoft sees that this, could well be a huge problem, And so it has been ever since. Then the iPhone. Wow. This was an even bigger problem. Sure Microsoft was already into the smart phone game when apple entered, but It’s not always about who was there first, as much as, who in there is the best…

So now they have sunk so low as to, try to steal away apple developers, instead of trying to come up with ORIGINAL IDEAS OF THEIR OWN. Good job Microsoft, You have done the same thing over and over again, No one likes a cheat You Ignorant Bastards.