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发帖数: 20761 | 1 Windows Phone users might soon be able to run Android apps on their phone.
Insiders with knowledge of Microsoft's plan say that the Redmond based
software giant is giving serious consideration to the idea of allowing
Android apps to run on both Windows and Windows Phone. The idea is receiving
mixed reviews from Microsoft executives. Some are in favor of allowing
Android apps to be listed in both the Windows Store and Windows Phone Store.
Others believe that supporting Android apps would mark the beginning of the
end of the Windows Phone platform.
Many Windows Phone users had hoped that the app gap between Windows Phone
and Android would eventually close, the same way that the Google Play Store
eventually caught up to Apple's App Store. The latter had a huge lead over
the Android Market, which was eventually renamed the Google Play Store. But
as Android became the most popular mobile OS on the planet, that lead for
the App Store eventually disappeared.
Microsoft has been trying to push developers to write their most popular
apps for the Windows Phone platform. While apps like Instagram and Vine are
now available for Windows Phone users, there are still plenty of apps not
available for Windows Phone. But allowing Android apps to run on Windows
Phone might not be the answer. BlackBerry 10 allows Android apps to run on
that platform, yet there has not been a surge in sales of those phones. On
the other hand, Windows Phone sales did show some momentum last year, and
with the GDR3 update, Windows Phone manufacturers can now compete with top
shelf Android models. While the update allows Windows Phone handsets like
the Nokia Lumia 1520, to match up specs wise with powerful Android devices
like the LG G2, the Lumia 1520 still sorely trails in the app department. If
Microsoft goes ahead with this plan, that gap could quickly disappear.
For this to happen, Microsoft will have to come up with a simple way for
consumers to be able to download, install, and run the Android apps on their
devices. And many inside Microsoft's camp are concerned about the message
that this would be sending to consumers. But those favoring the plan are not
concerned with this. They want to use Android's popularity to sell more
devices running Windows Phone and to sign these people up for Microsoft
services. And that is something certainly within reach if Android apps are
allowed to run on Windows Phone. |
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