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Shane McGlaun (Blog) - December 14, 2012 8:16 AM

52 comment(s) - last by nikon133.. on Dec 16 at 5:45 PM

Google says if the demand grows it might develop for Windows 8

Microsoft has been working hard to entice developers to make apps for its new Windows 8 computer operating system and its new smartphone platform, Windows Phone 8. One of the companies that Microsoft hoped would make official apps for its devices was Google, which owns popular e-mail services like Gmail and the cloud-based storage service Drive.

Google has now said that it has no plans to develop dedicated apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 for Gmail or Drive. In an interview with v3, Google Apps product management director Clay Bavor indicated that Google has chosen not to develop for the new Windows platforms due to a lack of interest from clients.

"We have no plans to build out Windows apps. We are very careful about where we invest and will go where the users are but they are not on Windows Phone or Windows 8," he said.

He adds, "If that changes, we would invest there, of course."

Bavor said that Google was committed to continually improving and updating the apps it offers for iOS and Android products.

Source: v3

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RE: BS

By seamonkey79 on 12/14/2012 5:17:14 PM , Rating: 2

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Isn't that cute. Sorry but the arbitrary restrictions Microsoft put on Windows Phone are just too painful for most to bear. That's great that it works for you though. You and the three other people who actually bought into it.

Plus the truly awful app store that has no real substance, useless search feature, impossible to find anything. Not to mention the lack of tier-1 apps.

All these pain points add up to a closed ecosystem that most folks don't want anything to do with.

All of which was said about iOS and Android after it...

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