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Monday 9 October 2017

Joe Belfiore: Windows 10 Mobile Features and Hardware No Longer a Focus

Source: www.hardocp.com --- Sunday, October 08, 2017
Microsoft's Corporate Vice President for Windows, Joe Belfiore, has clarified his company's stance with Windows 10 Mobile and what it's currently doing in the mobile space: in a series of tweets, Belfiore states that he has switched to Android and that W10 Mobile is no longer a focus for Microsoft. He blames a lack of apps as the main problem: even after offering to pay for and build apps for third parties, the apps simply never came and as such users failed to adopt the platform in any major way. Belfiore confirms what we have been reporting in the past; that from here on out, Microsoft will continue to service Windows 10 Mobile with bug fixes and security patches, mainly for the enterprise market who adopted Windows 10 Mobile for work. Microsoft is not planning to bring any new consumer facing features to Windows 10 Mobile, nor is it planning to release any new hardware. As such, it's safe to assume that Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows phone in its current form, is "dead." Discussion ...



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