![]() ![]() What improvements will we seen in future versions of My Media Center for Windows 8? ![]() The Win8 version of My Media Center has become the fastest-selling version of the app overall. ![]() We don’t disclose download numbers but it’s has certainly exceeded our expectations. About how many copies have been downloaded since its launch and are they within the company's expectations? The app is still one of the most downloaded paid apps for Windows 8. For example, we added the ability to customize the Live Tiles on the main screen as well as added lower-level customizations throughout the app. The main improvements we’ve made since launch focus on customization and personalization. We pay close attention to user feedback and factor that into our product planning. What sort of improvements and changes have been made to the My Media Center Windows 8 app since its launch? In fact, the Win8 version recently because our best-selling version overall in terms of total units sold, even though it has only been available for about 12 weeks, versus 32 weeks for the iOS, Android and WinPhone versions. Every week since launch, the Win8 version has been the top selling version of My Media Center across all platforms. People really liked that we followed the Modern design guidelines and that My Media Center looks and feels like a native Windows 8 app. What was the reaction like out of the gate?Ĭustomers loved it and media reviews were excellent. The first version of the app was released in January, a couple of months after Windows 8 was launched. On iOS, Android and Windows Phone we only had to worry about touch. One unique thing for My Media Center on Windows 8 was that we had to make sure the experience was awesome whether the customer was using a mouse and keyboard or a touchscreen. We use Mono from Xamarin, which lets us write once and deploy across iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 with a good amount of code re-use. If anything we had a leg up on Windows 8 development because of the work we’d done previously with My Media Center for Windows Phone. We had to of course work with the new UI and design standards and integrate with some new APIs. There weren’t any particularly unusual issues. What were some of the issues and challenges that Ceton encountered while developing the Windows 8 app? We have versions of My Media Center for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire and even the Nook … having a Win8 version was a no brainer! We knew it would be especially important for our customer base, which skews toward the Windows enthusiast. We planned to have a Windows 8 version since the inception of My Media Center. When and why was the decision made to make a Windows 8 app? Having exposure like that simply wasn’t possible with earlier versions of Windows. My Media Center was also a featured app in the store for a couple of weeks. My Media Center has consistently been in the top 20 of all paid apps in the Windows Store, and was as high as #2 for a while. Windows 8 also offers us a marketplace to sell and distribute apps, which is quite powerful for a smaller company like us. Given that, we knew having a great Windows 8 companion-type app would be a hit with our customers. According to Nielsen, almost 40% of Americans use tablets or smartphones while watching TV at least once a day. Our core products (InfiniTV tuners and Echo extenders) are all about enabling whole-home TV using a PC-based environment. We thought there would be a lot of potential bringing a touch focus to Windows that had not been possible before. We were quite excited about the Modern UI. ![]()
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