Do you know when to build a WP app over an iPhone app?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 5 months ago. See history

123
  1. If your app is built on Silverlight today. Stop building things on Silverlight today.
  2. Reasons are:
    • Time to market
    • Lower cost
    • Reuse MVVM
    • Reuse Silverlight controls
    • Reuse the Business and Data layer
  3. The Biggest thing going for windows phone is:
    • .NET dev shops
    • Environment more productive than xcode
    Note: WP7 is built on Silverlight 3 (not Silverlight 4) Note: WP7 was built by a 'web team' not "Rich client app team', so some issues exist:
    • Bing map control relies on host page (authentication)
    • Avoid using System.Windows.Browser.dll in your Silverlight App (as it works only OOB on desktop) and you will have to use a different control on Windows Phone 7
  4. Others reasons are:
    • You can deploy your app without going through the appstore/market place. E.g. my SSW business app

Categories

Rules to Better Interfaces (Mobile)
acknowledgements
related rules