Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Microsoft has suddenly become a red-hot mobile app developer

Among the most amazing apps, wearables are becoming the new type of device that all major companies are developing for consumers, and with new hardware comes new applications.

Microsoft has unveiled a new “analog keyboard” for Android Wear that lets you enter text on a smart watch by drawing letters and numbers with your fingers. It has also developed:

  • highly acclaimed Outlook email app
  • buying up popular calendar app Sunrise.
  • Android apps, Torque allow voice command in Google
  • Next Lock Screen forshortcuts to your lock screen
  • Journeys & Notes app for location bassed notes
Microsoft really started to embrace mobile app development when it released mobile versions of its popular Office productivity suite and it hasn’t looked back since and it’s not just that Microsoft is making good apps of its own but that it’s wisely decided to offer more integration with established apps that are already popular, such as its decision to integrate cloud storage service Dropbox with its own Office software instead of forcing users to only use the company’s own OneDrive.

The bottom line is even if Windows Phone never closes its app gap, Microsoft’s position in the mobile app realm looks pretty strong.

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