The Death of Windows Phone.
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The Death of Windows Phone.
Well it looks like Microsoft have thrown in the towel and called it a day - Windows 10 Mobile (or Windows Phone) will no longer be officially developed and new security updates will only be provided until sometime in 2019.
It's a pity as I'm quite happy with my Nokia 830 smartphone which does everything I need it to do perfectly well. Although the major irritation is that all the fun Apps are only available for Android and Apple - nobody has bothered with Windows Phone for some years now. There was a time where Microsoft made a serious bid to play for the newly-breaking mobile market. Briefly becoming a serious contender before hardware support of manufacturers went over to the more easily available Google Android system. They tried again with the launch of Windows 10 - effectively a single OS platform for PC's laptops, tablets and phones; providing integration between all your devices. But that didn't catch on.
Basically they made a big mistake by taking over Nokia and dismantling it. So, having had 2 Windows Phones I now have been looking around for an Android model and think that I'm going to go for a Huawei - which seem to be the best value for money at the moment.
The times, they are a changin'...
It's a pity as I'm quite happy with my Nokia 830 smartphone which does everything I need it to do perfectly well. Although the major irritation is that all the fun Apps are only available for Android and Apple - nobody has bothered with Windows Phone for some years now. There was a time where Microsoft made a serious bid to play for the newly-breaking mobile market. Briefly becoming a serious contender before hardware support of manufacturers went over to the more easily available Google Android system. They tried again with the launch of Windows 10 - effectively a single OS platform for PC's laptops, tablets and phones; providing integration between all your devices. But that didn't catch on.
Basically they made a big mistake by taking over Nokia and dismantling it. So, having had 2 Windows Phones I now have been looking around for an Android model and think that I'm going to go for a Huawei - which seem to be the best value for money at the moment.
The times, they are a changin'...
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
Bill Gates now uses an Android phone, although he does comment that he has "lots of Micro$oft applications" loaded on it. I think that probably says it all.
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
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Can we have our start menu back then? And all the other desktop features that have gone in the rush to pretend they can compete in the tablet/phone world?
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Can we have our start menu back then? And all the other desktop features that have gone in the rush to pretend they can compete in the tablet/phone world?
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
Windows phone simply didn't attract enough developers. Microsoft makes more money from Office than any OS. And with Microsoft 365 we have 'desktop as a service'. All they need is to get the Windows 10 interface to run over Android or IOS and they're there.
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
Why would I, or any one, want the Windows 10 interface on iOS?terrybooth wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:47 pm Windows phone simply didn't attract enough developers. Microsoft makes more money from Office than any OS. And with Microsoft 365 we have 'desktop as a service'. All they need is to get the Windows 10 interface to run over Android or IOS and they're there.
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
I've had a Huawei P9 for over a year now and it's the best phone I've had. It's only budget level but does everything I need, even the music player is decent. I've got a 64gb MicroSD card fitted with loads of FLAC files loaded on and it's perfectly adequate for my lunchtime listening.
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
I'm thinking of the Huawei Mate 9. Nice big screen.
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Re: The Death of Windows Phone.
All we need now is the death of the Windows PC.
Windows has been a mediocre operating system over the years.
Windows has been a mediocre operating system over the years.
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