OK. Here’s something that’s kind of annoying. I’ve seen two cases of developers of high profile mobile apps for iOS and Android posting a questionnaire regarding whether or not they should bring their product to WP7. One is Dropbox (login required), and the other is IM client eBuddy.
Logically, these companies are feeling out the user base. Some might say that it’s market research. However, I don’t ever recall a company every asking an open forum if they should make an iOS or Android version. I can’t decide if this is an anti-WP7 bias, or just absolute cluelessness. Some might suggest they get props for actually gauging interest, but I don’t know that Yelp asked, or – gawd help me – Rovio asked before porting Angry Birds. I can kind of understand Dropbox, since WP has access to 25 GB of SkyDrive space, but as a long time Dropbox user, and since Dropbox is so ubiquitous, I have no desire to switch to SkyDrive just because it’s convenient for 15% of my platform usage.
Wouldn’t a company be interested in extending it’s presence to as many platforms as possible? I can’t believe that it’s a massive task for a company like Dropbox, and maybe eBuddy, to get someone who knows C# (a very popular language, BTW) to whip up a client that will expand their user base? Do they not like money?
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