Twitter client Carbon for Windows Phone is leaving for Android and not looking back

Carbon, has left the edifice...

Say what yous will almost Twitter clients, but the developers behind them can be a finicky agglomeration from our experience. That notion is being reinforced again today with the announcement that Carbon has been pulled from the Windows Telephone Shop for good.

The human behind Carbon, G.Saleh Esmaeili, took to his Google+ page to talk over what had happened later on his interview on our podcast, Iterate. In brusk, Carbon was never meant to be multi-platform.

Carbon for Android expected to launch in days

For those of you who recollect, Carbon started off equally a hit Twitter customer on webOS but then drifted to Windows Phone during what seemed like an appropriate transition fourth dimension for both mobile OS'southward. And although Carbon did well, sitting nearly the top of the social category for virtually 60 days and even earning some heaps of praise form us, the Carbon team just never felt at home. Principal complaint? Only not enough users.

Now, in an interesting twist, Yard.Saleh Esmaeili is getting gear up to launch Carbon on Android and even though it remains to be seen if can actually succeed, he'southward already declared Android as his new home.

Back at the terminate of August, the @CarbonWP Twtiter account noted they were looking to re-write the app and that in fact, it was not doomed. Responding to a question well-nigh updates for the Windows Phone clieint:

"we're rewriting the app as it was based on tiresome/unperformant base of operations, it'll take a while, nosotros're looking for WP devs/talent too..."

We're not sure how well that volition work out equally Android is a mine field of Twitter clients, some popular hits and a ton of duds and it begs the question—tin can that ecosystem blank notwithstanding-another-Twitter client? We sure hope and so as Carbon for Windows Phone is no longer available and information technology sounds like that team has burned their bridges with Microsoft's Os, despite their affection for the Bone.

Of course, with Twitter every bit a company locking down their APIs and exerting more than command over the user experience, we know from some devs via personal contact that it's having a chilling result on their commitment to the making Twitter apps.

Is that a bad thing? We're not so certain every bit the myriad of Twitter apps on the Store, fifty-fifty for Windows Telephone, has become a bit overwhelming.

Back to Carbon, nosotros wish M.Saleh Esmaeili the all-time of luck with Android--nosotros always enjoyed Carbon, even if development trickled off in the last few months. As for those of you who forked downward $1.99 for Carbon and expected more than 7 months of service, we experience for ya...

What are your thoughts on Carbon leaving the Windows Telephone platform? Vote below and sound off in comments.

Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/carbon-windows-phone-leaving-android-not-looking-back

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