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Microsoft halts development of Windows 10 Mobile
Microsoft says it no longer working on new features and hardware for Windows 10 Mobile. This means the development of the mobile operating system has halted.
Microsoft top-dawg Joe Belfiore stated this on on Twitter. Belfiore is the vice president of the tech operator's operating system branch. According to him, Microsoft will only provide bug fixes and security updates for Windows 10 Mobile. Microsoft has not provided major updates for the mobile Windows platform for a while now, but to date, the tech giant never officially shared the info that the development was stopped.
Belfiore says he himself does not use a Windows smartphone anymore. The topman has now switched to an Android phone, which says it all really.
During a reorganization last year, the tech company already fired hundreds of people, limiting smartphone business significantly. HP, one of the last companies that still made Windows phones, said recently to discontinue the production of these phones as well.
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#5480107 Posted on: 10/10/2017 09:14 AM
The price of this failed experiment was quite phenomenal, but from my, and my countrymen's, pov the real price of it was Nokia's downfall. I'm not going to accuse MS of that since it was Nokia's own stupidity to jump on that ship (or rather to hire Elop the Infiltrator who orchestrated it), but if MS had never attempted, Nokia would have naturally ended up with Android. I reckon it would still be among the big 5 phone manufacturers. MS itself has probably earned back the money it lost there from its cloud business and other such stuff.
The price of this failed experiment was quite phenomenal, but from my, and my countrymen's, pov the real price of it was Nokia's downfall. I'm not going to accuse MS of that since it was Nokia's own stupidity to jump on that ship (or rather to hire Elop the Infiltrator who orchestrated it), but if MS had never attempted, Nokia would have naturally ended up with Android. I reckon it would still be among the big 5 phone manufacturers. MS itself has probably earned back the money it lost there from its cloud business and other such stuff.
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#5480117 Posted on: 10/10/2017 09:30 AM
^ what he said.
I hope Nokia's new Android phones sell well but the damage is already done, so to speak.
Nokia's downfall began in the 90s if rumours are true. Apparently Nokia already had a concept for a design similar to iPhone but some genius decided it wasn't feasible and was scrapped.
I wonder if Apple would agree...
^ what he said.
I hope Nokia's new Android phones sell well but the damage is already done, so to speak.
Nokia's downfall began in the 90s if rumours are true. Apparently Nokia already had a concept for a design similar to iPhone but some genius decided it wasn't feasible and was scrapped.
I wonder if Apple would agree...
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#5480119 Posted on: 10/10/2017 09:36 AM
This is quite normal, month before they stop mobile hardware they boosted the Android dev's ressource...
Now you have nearly all M$ on both Android and iOS (and on both they started to make to make really good app like Pix, lens, arrow...
With the poor sale of Lumia despite real quality (950 and 950XL were very good) it was logical to drop W10 Mobile and focus on more profitable Android and iOS even more when M$ still earn money with patent used by Google and Apple within their OS (it was a big deal for M$).
This is quite normal, month before they stop mobile hardware they boosted the Android dev's ressource...
Now you have nearly all M$ on both Android and iOS (and on both they started to make to make really good app like Pix, lens, arrow...
With the poor sale of Lumia despite real quality (950 and 950XL were very good) it was logical to drop W10 Mobile and focus on more profitable Android and iOS even more when M$ still earn money with patent used by Google and Apple within their OS (it was a big deal for M$).
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#5480149 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:18 AM
Developers developers developers developers!
Developers developers developers developers!
BLEH!
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#5480156 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:28 AM
Disappointing, but entirely unexpected. I jumped to Android. No complaints. Do miss the Cortana, Continuum and a few other smaller features though. The 950 was a great phone in terms of hardware for what you got. Will repurpose that as a camera now I guess.
Disappointing, but entirely unexpected. I jumped to Android. No complaints. Do miss the Cortana, Continuum and a few other smaller features though. The 950 was a great phone in terms of hardware for what you got. Will repurpose that as a camera now I guess.
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#5480176 Posted on: 10/10/2017 12:25 PM
Well, I had a Nokia Lumia 1320 for over 3 years. When I first got it in 2014 I was still on Windows 8.1 on my PC and the phone was running the same version and all synced up nicely. It was then I also got into OneDrive which came very handy in some occasions. Overall I really liked the design and familiarity of it, however the apps were so few and buggy (for example facebook messenger stopped working months ago and couldn't fix it for the life of me) that it really limited everything a modern smartphone does. I kind of felt like a special unicorn (not really in a good way) since pretty much 99% of the phones around me were Android/iOS. But yes, it's pretty much dead now, they didn't even bother to update the 1320 to Windows 10...
I got a OnePlus 5 some weeks ago and it's night and day, literally. Super fast hardware, super fast apps and variation of apps, incredible display quality etc. etc. I feel like I finally caught up.
One thing is sure though, if Microsoft tried harder, and more specifically would have acted SOONER, I'm sure they could have kept up with Androd/iOS just fine. They did too little, too later however.
Well, I had a Nokia Lumia 1320 for over 3 years. When I first got it in 2014 I was still on Windows 8.1 on my PC and the phone was running the same version and all synced up nicely. It was then I also got into OneDrive which came very handy in some occasions. Overall I really liked the design and familiarity of it, however the apps were so few and buggy (for example facebook messenger stopped working months ago and couldn't fix it for the life of me) that it really limited everything a modern smartphone does. I kind of felt like a special unicorn (not really in a good way) since pretty much 99% of the phones around me were Android/iOS. But yes, it's pretty much dead now, they didn't even bother to update the 1320 to Windows 10...
I got a OnePlus 5 some weeks ago and it's night and day, literally. Super fast hardware, super fast apps and variation of apps, incredible display quality etc. etc. I feel like I finally caught up.
One thing is sure though, if Microsoft tried harder, and more specifically would have acted SOONER, I'm sure they could have kept up with Androd/iOS just fine. They did too little, too later however.
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#5480199 Posted on: 10/10/2017 02:06 PM
Whelp, the 5 people that have Windows 10 Mobile are shedding a tear.
Joking aside, kind of sad to see. Microsoft entered the race too late, didn't support it enough, didn't keep features up, they let it die basically. It could have had a good place in say the business market.
Funny thing is when Satya Nadella around the time he took over as CEO of Microsoft, he stated the smartest phone is an iPhone with Microsoft Services, then an Android with Microsoft Services, then an Android with Google services lol.
Whelp, the 5 people that have Windows 10 Mobile are shedding a tear.
Joking aside, kind of sad to see. Microsoft entered the race too late, didn't support it enough, didn't keep features up, they let it die basically. It could have had a good place in say the business market.
Funny thing is when Satya Nadella around the time he took over as CEO of Microsoft, he stated the smartest phone is an iPhone with Microsoft Services, then an Android with Microsoft Services, then an Android with Google services lol.
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#5480231 Posted on: 10/10/2017 03:23 PM
Golly Gosh! What will this ever mean for the UWP?
At any rate, when 3rd parties didn't develop the plethora of basic apps missing from the Windows phone ecosystem, MS didn't even step up and do it themselves. They've shown a lack of commitment to the phones for the years they've been around.
With everything else they've tried, they still only seem really committed to the Windows OS and MS Office.
How long will Surface hardware continue to be produced? They seem to ditch hardware much more quickly than their other efforts Zune, Band, Surface RT, etc..
Golly Gosh! What will this ever mean for the UWP?
At any rate, when 3rd parties didn't develop the plethora of basic apps missing from the Windows phone ecosystem, MS didn't even step up and do it themselves. They've shown a lack of commitment to the phones for the years they've been around.
With everything else they've tried, they still only seem really committed to the Windows OS and MS Office.
How long will Surface hardware continue to be produced? They seem to ditch hardware much more quickly than their other efforts Zune, Band, Surface RT, etc..
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#5480249 Posted on: 10/10/2017 04:34 PM
Not a day too soon.
Not a day too soon.
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#5480255 Posted on: 10/10/2017 04:45 PM
Their users are going to be pissed. Both of them.
Their users are going to be pissed. Both of them.
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#5480279 Posted on: 10/10/2017 05:38 PM
Can this at least translate to the one size fits all experience across devices can be halted or does across devices just apply to Xbox and desktop now? If they threw in the towel on phones, when will they concede on tablets? Have not looked into their market share for tablets but see far more Android and iOS tablets in use. Rarely a Surface pops up. Then again a windows phone was even more rare.
Can this at least translate to the one size fits all experience across devices can be halted or does across devices just apply to Xbox and desktop now? If they threw in the towel on phones, when will they concede on tablets? Have not looked into their market share for tablets but see far more Android and iOS tablets in use. Rarely a Surface pops up. Then again a windows phone was even more rare.
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#5480307 Posted on: 10/10/2017 06:35 PM
Ballmer almost sunk the company by simply not having a clue what he should do next. If Yahoo! had had any sense it would have taken Ballmer's ridiculously absurd offer of $40B and run. Ironically, it may have been the Yahoo! founder's hatred of Microsoft that caused him to reject the offer and in the process saved Microsoft's bacon! Ballmer damn near sunk the company almost single-handedly. Copying Apple was absolutely the very worst thing Ballmer should have done! But that's the sort of thing you do when you don't have a clue as to what you should do next. Ballmer, it seemed, was entirely ignorant of the Windows marketplace and Microsoft's customer base. Never put a sales guy at the top of a software company, imo!
Ballmer almost sunk the company by simply not having a clue what he should do next. If Yahoo! had had any sense it would have taken Ballmer's ridiculously absurd offer of $40B and run. Ironically, it may have been the Yahoo! founder's hatred of Microsoft that caused him to reject the offer and in the process saved Microsoft's bacon! Ballmer damn near sunk the company almost single-handedly. Copying Apple was absolutely the very worst thing Ballmer should have done! But that's the sort of thing you do when you don't have a clue as to what you should do next. Ballmer, it seemed, was entirely ignorant of the Windows marketplace and Microsoft's customer base. Never put a sales guy at the top of a software company, imo!
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#5480316 Posted on: 10/10/2017 06:55 PM
From the very beginning of the winmobile adventure, I pitied naive people who put their trust into the "new platform". M$ simply bought the glory of the Nokia brand and tricked customers one more time. Deceptive marketing suggested that win-all-mighty plus Mighty Nokia equals superb phones. Instead, Nokia hardware was devalued with incompetent op system made by a omnipresent software bully...
From the very beginning of the winmobile adventure, I pitied naive people who put their trust into the "new platform". M$ simply bought the glory of the Nokia brand and tricked customers one more time. Deceptive marketing suggested that win-all-mighty plus Mighty Nokia equals superb phones. Instead, Nokia hardware was devalued with incompetent op system made by a omnipresent software bully...
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#5480346 Posted on: 10/10/2017 07:38 PM
I think this news like upset, like, fifty people no joke!
But really they got late in the game, the competition was fierce and they made so many mistakes. They had to retreat now, it is a lose battle.
Their users are going to be pissed. Both of them.
I think this news like upset, like, fifty people no joke!
But really they got late in the game, the competition was fierce and they made so many mistakes. They had to retreat now, it is a lose battle.
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They should not be shy and stop it all together. it is a big waste of time. I am going to throw my Nokia sooon.