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Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by ClintGist(f): 11:49pm On Feb 20, 2018 |
Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 will no longer receive push notifications. •Smartphones running Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows 8 are no longer getting push notifications, after Microsoft announced it’s pulled support. •Windows Phone 8.1 will work as usual “at this time,” and the current Windows 10 Mobile is still fully supported. •However, Microsoft has said that Windows 10 Mobile is no longer a focus, and users shouldn’t expect new features or hardware. It’s no secret by now that Microsoft’s smartphone ambitions are basically over, with its current Windows 10 Mobile operating system barely on life support. So here’s another nail in the coffin. On Monday, Microsoft announced in a blog post that any phone running the older Windows Phone 7.5 or 8 operating systems will no longer receive push notifications. Plus, the “Find my phone” function on those operating systems will no longer work, either. This isn’t necessarily going to affect a whole lot of users: Windows Phone 7.5 was first released in 2011, and Windows Phone 8 dropped in 2012. Despite the nomenclature, they were totally different operating systems: Windows Phone 7.5 hardware couldn’t upgrade to Windows Phone 8. Neither operating system found a huge audience at the time, and there likely aren’t many phones out there using it today — which is part of why Microsoft currently finds itself in this suboptimal smartphone situation in the first place. If you’re one of the few using the more recent Windows Phone 8.1, which dropped in 2014, Microsoft writes that everything will still work as usual “at this time.” The phrasing here keeps the door open that things could change in the not-so-distant future. Meanwhile, Windows 10 Mobile, which launched in 2015, is still fully supported by Microsoft. At least, technically: While all of its current features still work the same as they ever did, Microsoft announced in October that users can only expect security patches and minor improvements, not major new features or new hardware. So, yes, here’s another milestone in the march to the grave for Windows on smartphones. Hope may still spring, though: Rumor is that Microsoft is working on a new, foldable tablet device that could also function as a smartphone. If and when that device comes to market, though, it will almost certainly not be running anything we would today recognize as a Windows phone operating system. http://www.clintgist.com/tech-microsoft-just-put-another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-windows-phones-msft-id8013798-html/ Cc: Lalasticlala 2 Likes
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Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by fifty5(m): 1:38am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Make them no do any how o i still they rock my windows phone sha 1 Like |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by femi4: 5:47am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Window phones are dead and buried 2 Likes |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by AishaBuhari: 7:13am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Windows phones were supposed to flexible and user-friendly but the reverse is the case here |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Charles1110(m): 7:13am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Ok... Next |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by fiercehillz(m): 7:14am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Windows phones?. I haven't seen one since 2014 2 Likes |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Yankee101: 7:14am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Systematically, phone makers are forcing people to buy more newer phones. It's immoral. Apple was slowing down batteries just to force customers to upgrade. What happened to phones you can use for 10 years? 1 Like |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Primusinterpares(m): 7:14am On Feb 21, 2018 |
windows ni door ni windows phone is not compatible with Africa/ Nigeria to be presice |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by samsard(m): 7:16am On Feb 21, 2018 |
RIP Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10. |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by IkpuMmadu: 7:17am On Feb 21, 2018 |
fifty5: Trash it |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by AishaBuhari: 7:18am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Yankee101:Business strategy |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Simeony007(m): 7:26am On Feb 21, 2018 |
I just don't like the phone Nokia knows this phone brand has no future in coming years dropped them quickly for Android. Wisdom |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by omoiyalayi(m): 7:34am On Feb 21, 2018 |
I lost interest in that phone ever since Bill Gate said he had stopped using window phones If Microsoft owner does not trust the phone who am I |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by omoiyalayi(m): 7:37am On Feb 21, 2018 |
I just laugh @ guys when they tells me one problem or the other their window phone is giving them When Bill Gate the Microsoft owner have abandoned his own since |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Goldenheart(m): 7:45am On Feb 21, 2018 |
People still use windows phone?! |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Leopantro: 7:55am On Feb 21, 2018 |
hmmm I recall, back in 2013, when I mentioned that Windows Phone and it's possibilities was doomed to fail, I was attached by a number of people and called a fanboy. Now, even the company has given up hope on the phones . jmaine: jmaine: Bawss1: frankly, the only time I see a Windows phone is when Channels TV does an ad for their ireporter app. guess it will soon go the way of the Zune player. what's a Zune player you ask? Exactly!! |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by fifty5(m): 8:20am On Feb 21, 2018 |
[quote author=IkpuMmadu post=65243825] Trash it [/quote my bro windows phone is bae |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by paranorman(m): 8:53am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Simeony007: Nope. They had a contract with Microsoft. They would've dumped it a time ago, if they could. The current Nokia android phones circulating the market are not manufactured by Nokia, literally. They (the phones) are manufactured by HMD global, a company affiliated with Nokia. Nokia only supplies the technicality needed for the phones in return for royalty payments. |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by salesforce: 9:53am On Feb 21, 2018 |
Oh |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by jmaine: 10:42am On Feb 22, 2018 |
Leopantro: I still love my windows phone. Cheers |
Re: Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones by Jaculze(m): 4:03pm On Feb 22, 2018 |
Too bad for them windows phone users. Android does it for me. |
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