It is definitely time to say goodbye for real this time. Windows Phone’s breakdown has been painful, but as CNET specked, the leader of Microsoft’s Windows division finally acknowledge you should not anticipate anything more when it comes to Windows mobile Phone.
Microsoft does not aim to let existing Windows Phone users down — there will be security updates. But don’t anticipate anything new. Joe Belfiore acknowledged that Microsoft is not working on any software or hardware update.
He also acknowledged that there is no way to fix Microsoft’s application problems. Companies and indie developers simply do not want to work on Windows Phone apps — most of them maybe never cared in the first place.
Microsoft is withdrawing. This is not the first time Microsoft is realizing things are going wrong. TechCrunch’s Natasha Lomas wrote that Windows Phone 7 was ruined back in 2012.
It’s definitely a shame because Windows Phone’s user interface was interesting. Most of the operating system (OS) featured a black background with a aim on text instead of icons. The home screen was not just a boring grid of icons and widgets, it featured tiles with previews of your apps. Microsoft tried something different with Windows Phone, but it was not good enough.
Microsoft is going to concentrate on mobile in different ways. Microsoft has been working on mobile apps and some of them are successful. For instance, Microsoft Edge is coming to Android and iOS. Microsoft has plenty of apps on iOS and Android, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Swift-key, Skype and more.
