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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Hypx@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I worked selling cellphones when Windows Phone was trying to compete. Their failure was lack of apps. From what I understand, it was difficult to port apps from Android or iOS to Windows Phone OS. It's a shame because the user experience was bar none. Hell, I installed a Windows OS theme on my Android for years. I still think they could make a comeback if they made an actual, honest to God Windows Phone that ran all Windows apps.

[–] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I used an Xperial back in high school too, it was better the Android and iOS in every way except the number of apps

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think this is a reason the Zune touch did poorly too.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Zune was not especially great in terms of what it could do, true, but the hardware was also shit. Also, the first gen Zunes all bricked at one point due to some programming error.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I could've sworn the Zune HD's specs were better than the current gen iPod touch.

[–] steveman_ha@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Same on the Windows OS theme 😊

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

If they wanted to compete today, they'd fork Android in a similar fashion to how Edge moved to Chromium.