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Originally Posted by Gerard
But a CAB itself is dead simple; download, locate in File Explorer, tap. Done. Surely the average potential WM phone user is not so idiotic as to mess that up. Or maybe I over-estimate people's intelligence?
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It's less about whether or not they CAN do something versus how many barriers to the end goal there is. Let's make a list:
1) Go to the developer's site
2) Find the CAB file...which will likely involve figuring out the operating system (which Microsoft does a great job of hiding), possibly the screen resolution etc.
3) Connecting the device, transferring the CAB file over
4) Open File Explorer on the device, find the CAB file, install it
Let's compare it to the way app marketplaces tend to work:
1) Open Marketplace
2) Find the app you want to install
3) Install the app
Both lists are simplified, but you can see which one is much easier - there's a reason why a CRAZY number of app downloads has happened (1+ billion I believe).
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Originally Posted by Gerard
I have quite a few clients using iPhones, and whenever I've seen them using the things there is always a new app being used, often with quite pretty interfaces and really obvious ease of use. I've seen several musician-oriented tuning applications for instance which looked well worth using. There are similar apps for WM devices too, and they're not exactly brain-busters to install and use.
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Again, the big thing is how stunningly easy it is to install, try out, and uninstall apps on the iPod Touch/iPhone. And here's the best part: in the 60+ apps I've installed and uninstalled, my iPod Touch is just as fast and trouble-free as the first day I bought it. I could only dream of that kind of stability on a Windows Mobile device...over the years I've actually weaned myself off of almost all third party apps because so many of them de-stabilize the phone.
It feels strange to be "defending" the iPod/iPhone, but their app store is done really, really well.