(17 Sep 2015, 12:17 pm)Andreos1 Still no Windows Phone version of the app.
Sales have increased by 32% in the last quarter according to - http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-windows-phone-first-quarter-sales-go-by-32-uk-1507534
Which according to - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2420813/bad-news-android-ios-windows-phone-and-blackberry-see-uk-smartphone-growth, made up 11% of the market over that period.

Granted numbers aren't massive, but there must be some sort of demand for an app by now?

(17 Sep 2015, 12:52 pm)Andreos1 At the risk of going off topic.
It frustrated me initially, but with the market growing - then developers by virtue, should be looking to develop an app for a growing audience.
Any organisation not developing an app for a particular device, is at risk of alienating their audience.

Surely it makes sense to roll out a product, to the majority of the passengers (which applies to all operators) and not just a proportion?
Particularly if you are looking to drive traffic and audience participation, in an app that has taken blood, sweat and tears to produce?

(17 Sep 2015, 1:13 pm)BusLoverMum Windows on phones is so stripped down that it can be quite hard to write full functional apps for it, equivalent in capability to the Android and iOS versions. While the market is growing, it's possibly not stable. Of course there's the chicken and egg situation of developers not writing apps for Windows phones because it's not cost effective, but then people don't keep their windows phones because there's hardly any apps for them and the ones that there are are often quite limited.

I did have a windows phone. Replaced it with Android and husband now uses my old phone for testing code!

(17 Sep 2015, 1:28 pm)Andreos1 Time and time again, Windows users are told by companies, that apps aren't developed, because the demand isn't there.
They're either telling porkies and it is - or as you say, maybe the market is not stable.

Totally agree about the chicken and egg situation.
However, I think both Microsoft and the developers need to up the ante.

I think this article sums it up nicely. Whilst there have been improvements, more needs to be done - http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/windows-phone-apps-fix/

(17 Sep 2015, 2:58 pm)BusLoverMum It wasn't just the apps that irked me. The browser support was dreadful. So many webpages simply didn't work properly because of the lack of plugins - and there's naff all web developers can do about that.

(17 Sep 2015, 1:28 pm)Andreos1 Time and time again, Windows users are told by companies, that apps aren't developed, because the demand isn't there.
They're either telling porkies and it is - or as you say, maybe the market is not stable.

Totally agree about the chicken and egg situation.
However, I think both Microsoft and the developers need to up the ante.

I think this article sums it up nicely. Whilst there have been improvements, more needs to be done - http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/windows-phone-apps-fix/

(17 Sep 2015, 11:36 am)Michael Your bus is 3 minutes away...
The Go North East app will soon go up in the world, with some great new features including real time information, timetables and more.

http://gonortheast.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/your-bus-is-3-minutes-away.html

(17 Sep 2015, 5:47 pm)cbma06 I wonder if the GNE app will have the live map just like on the Arriva app?.   on the above link where it says like service ** be arriving at such a such bus stop, is this what the timetable says or will it be real time?.

(17 Sep 2015, 5:55 pm)Dan I'm not sure how a live map would work on Go North East's app, when it is clear to see they have avoided explicitly stating how late the service is (instead opting for how many minutes it is until the bus is due - ie what most customers care about).

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(17 Sep 2015, 5:59 pm)Kuyoyo Which the Arriva Live app now gives you - as below

(17 Sep 2015, 5:10 pm)aureolin But one thing to consider is that 11% of the market, is not 11% of their users. 

Go North East and Arriva both use Google Analytics to track and report website traffic. I've obviously not seen theirs, but the reporting data Google Analytics provides is substantial. You get a real picture of what devices your users are using, their software (and versions), and so on. If there was a substantial number of users logging on from Windows Phone devices, then they'd instantly have the business case to develop their apps for Windows Phone.

(17 Sep 2015, 6:16 pm)Dan I still get scheduled time + minutes late...?

(20 Sep 2015, 5:47 pm)S813 FVK Will this new GNE app include every single service (ie. works services and scholars) or just the services included in the current app?

(20 Sep 2015, 5:49 pm)Dan Pretty sure that I have seen Nexus-secured scholars services tracking in real time on the new app.