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		miguelrochefort on Sept 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-ba... I believe he made the right decision in starting with Windows Phone. Not only is it easier to build an app on this platform, but once he validate the idea, he can easily port the app to iOS and Android with Xamarin and share at least 50% of his code with all platforms. The opposite (porting an iOS/Android app to Windows Phone) is much less trivial.

Jaberer on Sept 9, 2014 [–]

Lol, I didn't do much thinking into which device to start with I'll take a look into Xamarin, I actually never heard of it before. Thanks for your advice!

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