From the Forums: Microsoft pushing the platform, download count on the Store listings

The Windows Phone community forum is the best place to hash out the platform as a whole with other consumers. There tin can be times where you miss the latest threads published on the boards, so we bring you across a handful of discussions that are well worth checking out. And so what's been happening equally of belatedly?

We've continuously given Microsoft some oestrus for non promoting and expanding the Windows Phone platform well plenty, but is it actually required? Many don't believe so, and forum member ttsoldier has created a thread on our forum to go into just what Redmond is doing when it comes to getting the word out.

"I've seen Windows Telephone 8 pop up in two Idiot box serial that I look at. 1)Revenge ii)Scandal. In revenge it's a bluish HTC, and in Scandal information technology's Lumia 920's. (Yep. Plural). In both series, they started off in the earlier episodes using BlackBerries and iPhones, now, WP8 is in the mix. To me, it shows that Microsoft is trying to get the word out there!"

At present nosotros tin can of class fault Microsoft marketing with efforts by manufacturers, but in that location are times where Redmond is the principal driving forcefulness behind some promotions. Exist certain to add together your thoughts on and experiences with Microsoft marketing Windows Phone in the "And you say Microsoft isn't pushing WP8?" thread.

What'southward HTC upwardly to?

So what exactly is HTC up to? The visitor is withal heading down in a negative screw, is struggling against other manufacturers in Android and is being cast bated by Nokia with Windows Phone, but where is HTC? We've consistently covered Nokia and Microsoft together, but it's gone rather quiet in the HTC camp.

Forum member Jonny8X voices his concerns:

"Of course you volition be aware of bombardment of new regarding the Lumia recently, wether it be updates, apps or whatsoever. To be honest, it has me worried, I mean, HTC's portfolio of recent news isn't exactly overwhelming (there had been none) and if y'all own a HTC (which I do), what can we do simply sit and lookout man our Lumia brothers and sisters reap all the Microsoft dearest so to speak?"

Information technology's a good argument and one that we'd like to put to HTC. Wasn't it unveiled that the company would reignite the fire with Microsoft? Now, don't get u.s.a. wrong, we actually (and I hateful "really") like both the HTC 8X and 8S Windows Phones. They're heady hardware, merely where are the apps and marketing to go with It's apropos with how it'due south all gone rather repose.

What are your thoughts? Add your $0.02 in the "What is HTC doing?" thread.

Show download counters on the Store?

This is an interesting thought. Should Microsoft display the number of times an app has been downloaded from the Windows Telephone Store? It would be an interesting statistic, i that forum member adamjolin believes would be handy for consumers to be able to view when browsing around for popular apps.

Do y'all believe Microsoft should add together the metric to each app listing? Add our thoughts in the "Download count in store" thread.

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