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Microsoft to exit mobile OS market in 2 years (posted in 2009)? |
razec
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On 2009-09-04 05:21:09, djin wrote:
microsoft does not have any shortage of money to quit.. Especially since they have just become serious with windows phone.
I Agree, certain reasons for a copany to quit a certain business is when they can no longer afford to fund the development of their product. Besides, Its too early to say they will quit within 2 years especially when they are cooking for something pretty interesting, let's wait until they released both 6.5 and 7 and if those two fail to attract their targets then they lost the 
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occupied
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the biz week article referred to by the article quoted in this thread suggested uncertainty, possiblity.
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I expect Microsoft to realize this and exit the mobile operating system market within the next two years.
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i guess it's not proper to reason using such an argument, especially in journalistic |
XPHCTOC
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sorry guys but Microsoft is allready planing Windows mobile 8 
http://www.engadgetmobile.com[....]-have-been-out-like-yesterday/
that's what Ballmer means when he says "this will not happen again."
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jact
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its depending how works windows 7 mobile |
DarkKrypt
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kyn 1 and 2 anyone?
theyll be around for awhile
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phonecrzy
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Windows mobile is terrible anyway, though i very much doubt there going to "scrap it" as there are many phones with it. there is a massive application store and shit and many business rely on it so if they do then microsoft will be unreliable by most (all) business who rely on windows mobile. so if they scrap it there losing there reliability to customers because all there phones will be less secure and there will be no updates (do they have updates? I have a android im not sure but i bet using a windows pc you get updates every second so I'm not surprised if its the same with mobile)
I hope they do scrap it, i hope they also scrap windows and zune. But i hope they dont scrap xbox 360 though  i love my 360. but 360 is the onlyl good thing they have ever made.
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rkalloo
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for some odd reason....i actually liked windows mobile 6
maybe its because im a p990-p1i fan and love stylus  |
carkitter
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From: Auckland, NZ
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On 2010-05-31 09:40:44, DarkKrypt wrote:
kyn 1 and 2 anyone?
theyll be around for awhile
Kin 1 & 2 are already gone. 
Microsoft changed the spec halfway though, delayed it's release and Verizon got p'ed off and refused to do a cut-price deal on data. Kin was aimed at the teen market and without a cheap data plan had no hope of survival.
Lets hope Windows Phone 7 is fairly close to the mark when released in the next few months. I can't see  being very keen to go through the whole Xperia X10 (falling behind on updates) debarcle again.
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AkuKL
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On 2009-08-10 15:43:48, masseur wrote:
ms mobiles article
Number one business magazine on the planet predicts: in 2 years Microsoft will give up on Windows Mobile/Phone altogether! No other magazine is more renowned than Business Week - when it comes to business coverage... and it saddens us to read that even they predict that future for Microsoft's mobile operating system is bleak:
After 2 years, MS still in this business. BTW, I like Android better. |
laffen
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Three years and Microsoft is still with us. Stronger than ever |
goldenface
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Ha ha. Here's to many more too. Obviously the author of that article couldn't predict the sun rising in the east.
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Bonovox
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And yes here it still is and my fave mobile OS  its only going to get better with WP8
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Yep, I'm quite looking forward to wp8
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goldenface
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I know, I know it's a rumours thread but the new hardware looks really good!
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