AT&T, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1

Do the words "market share" have any meaning to you?  Do you know how long we had to wait for a fully featured Android version?  Maybe in 2016?

While the "market share" for Windows Phone is not that great yet, with the Universal App they can code it once and have it set for Windows Phone, Windows and when possible Xbox.

I think you've been drinking the Microsoft Kool Aid on Universal apps.  It's yet another change in direction for Windows Phone developers (about the fourth such shift, if my memory serves), and will likely stall in-progress development.

Congratulations.  You are Microsoft's target market.

Yes I am Microsoft's target market and it appears your are Google's target market. Regardless of Market Share, if they are going to call themselves the premiere carrier they need to support it with their own apps. I realize that I'm not going to convince any "Satisfied" Android user to switch, but in the same case I'm not going to be convinced to switch either.

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@Thirsty4Media wrote:

Yes I am Microsoft's target market and it appears your are Google's target market. ...

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Touché.

Actually, I expect that AT&T is continually weighing the cost/benefit of providing a Windows Phone version.  AFAIK, they may be activitly working on one.  I am merely trying to provide a historical perspective; it took years of clamouring before they released the Android versions, I know of no good reason to expect much better progress for Windows Phone.

Universal apps are a reality now. There is a single app that I can buy from the store that can work on my phone, tablet, and desktop. While they are not completely the same app, much of the same code is used to create them. That should cut developement time. The only major shift that microsoft had was the change in the kernel from wondows phone 7 to windows phone 8. Everything else has been minor adjustments that I can recall. While windows phone doesn't have much market share, windows 8 is pretty large and growing. Developing an app for windows 8 seems to make sense and if you develope an app for windows, why not develop an app for windows phone if it will just require a little more effort?

Thanks @ymcpa73. I was going to reply previsously about the 90% of the code being the same for Universal Apps, but I'm glad someone else did. 🙂

What do you mean when you use the term "Universal App"?

@JefferMC It means that a deverloper would use 90% of the same code to create an App for Desktop, Tablet, Phone and Xbox One.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5574596/microsoft-universal-apps-run-across-windows-tablets-phones-pcs

But, AT&T U-verse doesn't have a Windows or an Xbox application now.  They'd have to write one.

It took nearly 2 years after their iPhone app before the release of the Android App, and that was years after Android became popular.  Maybe when Windows Phone becomes popular they'll have it.