There's still hope, however. Microsoft has the power to fix the app issues that plague Windows Phone to make the operating system better and more appealing. Here are the four things I'd need for them to accomplish that. Give me the real, full-featured apps An was that many big-name titles from Android and iOS were simply missing from the app store. Now, the Windows Phone app store now has many of the apps you'd want, including Instagram, Waze, and LinkedIn, but many are simply not as good as the same apps on iOS and Android. I was thrilled when Instagram and Vine came to Windows Phone -- that is, until I opened the apps. Instagram is still in beta, and while that can excuse some performance issues, it doesn't make up for the fact that you can't shoot or upload video in the app, or that the process to take a photo using the app is clunky.