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Review: Why one doesn't ditch Android for a Windows Phone

New Delhi: In the market for smartphones, Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 system is barely there. It's dwarfed by Apple's iOS and Google's Android systems in both attention and sales.But over the past few months, I

Windows users must wait!



Windows Phone also could use a central, pull-down hub for notifications, the kind you get with iOS and Android. Microsoft has said it will add several features aimed at corporate use, including VPN support for accessing work networks securely. I look forward to hearing what else is coming.

Even with feature improvements, though, my biggest hesitation is Windows' limited app selection. You can count on most of the major services being there, something that wasn't the case a year ago. But now and then, I run across gaps.

In the early days of Android, I watched jealously as the best phone apps went to iPhones first. Android has largely reached parity. Windows users are now the ones who must wait.

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