It has been quite a few years down the line since software giant Microsoft first launched their mobile OS, but according to recent rumblings within the company, the press, as well as what I consider an unprofessional comment by one of its designers, it now unfortunately seems as of the company is ready to give up on their mobile OS. Developers and rumours are flying thick and fast with one or two press releases revealing that the company might be launching their last mobile phone with the Windows platformed OS. According to press releases, the company stated that if this latest phone and its OS failed to make significant inroads into the mobile market, the company strongly suggested their next product would probably feature an Android OS.
The greatest criticism that Microsoft Windows Phone users have of the OS actually had very little to do with the OS itself, especially so considering in year-on-year official surveys the OS led all other OSes in customer satisfaction by a significant margin. Instead, the greatest bugbear to Windows Phone users was the relative lack of variety in available apps when compared to iOS or Android. The problem seems to be correcting itself rather rapidly in the last couple of months with numerous A-level apps making their way onto this relative latecomer in mobile platforms. In order to help ease the frustration that entails the selection and compilation of the correct load of apps to make a Windows Phone truly useful, the below to apps should alleviate some of the burden.
Yelp is now available on Windows Mobile to provide its users with distance, directions, and general information as to the location of a Gas Station, Pizza Hut, Bar, or Starbucks closest to their location. This agreed one could utilise Google maps for the same function, but Yelp provides its users with the final word in crowd sourced ratings related to all kinds of local events and shops. Yelp provides the community with the best possible self-measuring yardstick to rate all kinds of local establishments.
Windows users who happen to be music lovers i.e. about 90% of the population can rejoice with the launch of Pandora on the Windows Mobile OS. The app allows users to listen to their favourite forms of music while on the go, the streaming music service remained totally advertisement free until the beginning of 2014, where after it was supposed to become an ad riddled irritation like so many others before it. However the great news is that Pandora has continually improved on its already near-perfect offering and surprisingly remained near ad free. Additionally it still offers a massive variety of well-catalogued songs and artists categorised into genres and subgenres to suit every taste, the only downside is users cannot specify exact song titles to be included in their play lists.