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If it wasn't clear already, it's now official: Windows phone is dead

article published on 9 October, 2017

Microsoft has finally confirmed that it does not intend to release any new smartphones with Windows 10 Mobile or provide software updates for current hardware. To make it as clear as day it means: Windows phones are done with. Microsoft doesn't entirely abandon current Windows 10 Mobile customers because there will likely be some bug fixes and security patches but nothing new is being ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		10. October 2017 @ 08:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think that this just means that "Windows Phone" is dead. My Windows 10 laptop seems to think it is a phone...with bloated updates that break everything, multiple built-in phone apps, and even an annoying voice assistant that is now even part of the educational edition that I only installed because it didn't have Cortana.
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hearme0
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_ 		11. October 2017 @ 13:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah.......nothing like coding the world's most hated browser for the world's most loved mobile OS's (how Android is so loved is beyond me)
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bw5011
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_ 		11. October 2017 @ 14:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by KillerBug:
 I think that this just means that "Windows Phone" is dead. My Windows 10 laptop seems to think it is a phone...with bloated updates that break everything, multiple built-in phone apps, and even an annoying voice assistant that is now even part of the educational edition that I only installed because it didn't have Cortana.
Seriously... are you sure you know how to use the computer. I have other 8 machines and never had an update break any of them. I also only have Cortana enabled on half of them and never had a problem with that either. You also can disable the notifications that you don't want.
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scorpNZ
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_ 		14. October 2017 @ 18:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Lucky you
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rickhall
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_ 		17. October 2017 @ 04:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why doesn't Microsoft give us a choice to convert Windows phone to Android.
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ng6
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_ 		22. October 2017 @ 00:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My Elite X3 still works great for anything I really need to do with a smart phone. I can't ever get excited about cutting edge developments on the doltish iOS/Android platforms. It's oxymoronic to get excited about advancements on dud platforms. It's all fruit of the poisoned tree. So as long as my Windows Mobile 10 phone isn't actually broken and I can listen to audio books, check my e-mail, take pictures etc. I expect to get at least a year out of it. I keep happily using it for all my smart phone needs without thinking about the overall fate of the platform until I come across a snidely article like this in the androidapple buttkissing media. If there's really nothing new in mobile from Microsoft at that point (I still expect a full blown 6 inch WOA Surface device with a telephony app to show up, which would make all previous phone O/Ss moot anyway) I may break down and buy the cheapest android phony phone I can get and just hold my nose while using it. I really hate android apple.
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