Flipboard comes to Windows Phone without its main feature

Although Nokia was the one who confirmed the news a little over a year ago that Flipboard would reach the platformWindows Phone, the reality is that its users are still waiting for it. They must even tolerate false alarms like the one that just happened. And it is that, without prior notice, Flipboard has appeared in Windows Phone Store available for your download. And not only that, but it came without its main characteristic: the flipThe animation with which he managed to win over users from the beginning on iOS and later on AndroidOf course, its managers have clarified that it is an unfinished version of the application that is already on its way.

Thus, the media outlet The Verge broke the news as soon as it learned of the launch of the long-awaited social magazine of Flipboard for Windows sets. A tool capable of collecting news and publications of interest for the user of their favorite web pages , but also from their social networks such as Facebook, Twitter , Instagram or even YouTube All this with the possibility of creating your own magazines with the content that is desired for your enjoyment. Of course, the application reached Windows Phone without its characteristic animations to change from news to news.

And this was precisely the most striking point of the news of The Verge A lost animation that is already a house brand inFlipboard, and which has conquered millions of users. Something that you see when you slide your finger from bottom to top to jump to the next news or section, as if it were one of the classic flip clocks or airport panels , with cards falling to show the next number. Undoubtedly, a disappointment for users who already knew this application and were looking forward to it.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, one of the people in charge of Flipboard has clarified the situation confirming that, the version available through the Windows Phone Store this is not the finished app. This would be a preview version for reserve the space as a bookmark for the official application which is on the wayA tool for which it has not yet been confirmed that it will have its animations “flip”, but whose arrival will be announced as it should when it is ready.

In this way, and to avoid any kind of confusion, the unfinished application has been withdrawn from the Windows Phone Store Therefore the Windows Phone platform users will still have to wait a little longer for this useful and attractive application. A tool that is making itself desired despite already being available on computers with Windows 8 Meanwhile mobile users of Microsoft will have to continue using their resources and subscriptions to be aware of all the publications on their favorite social networks and web pages. Without bringing everything under the same roof and without animations that provide dynamism and a more comfortable, pleasant and attractive user experience.

For the time being no official arrival date However, the functionality of this unfinished version of Flipboard suggests that the application would be receiving the final touches before its release. We will have to wait a little longer