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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)

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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

My first smart phone was a windows phone

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Same, a Nokia Lumia 710. Lack of app support is what killed them. Even mainstream apps you had to have a third party version, Facebook, Insta, etc.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Man nokia used to make great phones.

[-] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

One more reason I could never trust Microsoft again. They bought Nokia and ruined them.

[-] Poiar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Man Nokia used to make great ~~phones~~ lethal weapons

[-] apochryphal_triptych@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

So did Samsung

[-] CynicRaven@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Which wouldn't have necessarily been a death knell, except by the point Microsoft had gotten their eggs into the Windows Phone basket, major platforms had already started shutting down functionality that could be accessed through third party applications so the App Store/Play Store official versions were the clearly superior ways to use the platforms.

In many cases, like with reddit even, third party applications are how many people have preferred to access these platforms, so long as the platform doesn't lock down the API to kneecap them.

[-] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I had one back in the day. I loved it honestly and was surprised they gave up.

[-] DeadlineX@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Mine was too sort of. It was windows mobile 6 HTC shadow. This was before android and around the time iPhone was released.

Unless we’re counting the sidekick 2 as a smart phone, in which case that was my first.

[-] hiremenot_recruiter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

HTC TyTN II. Loved that thing. Used to pay Age of Empires on it.

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