Windows Central posted a rumour that Cortana may be heading to other mobile OSes. I looked eventually at the comments section just to see a barrage of rants.
First of all, Satya Nadella has stated in public that Microsoft will be focusing first on its mobile and cloud SERVICES. That's why a lot of apps like Office 365 come to Android and iOS.
Second, these apps are not as feature-rich as their WP counterpart. There are a lot of restrictions for the free Office 365 in Android and iOS. Android and iOS users should expect the same treatment for Cortana.
Third, remember that not all Windows desktop users have WP as their mobile OS preference. In fact, WP is even a minority compared to the other two. So Microsoft's expansion will only be natural.
I, for one, use Firefox and IE as a desktop browser and Bing as my default search engine. Having a secondary Android phone (my daily driver is still a Lumia), I ditched Google's services (except for Google+, YouTube and Gmail) and downloaded Firefox, Bing (which is integrated with IE) and Outlook. And my contacts are stored by default on Outlook.
See, even though I have an Android phone, the impact of Microsoft's services in my life is still big. In our country where Chromebooks are highly disregarded, Microsoft's strategy may eventually be effective but in a slow manner.
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First of all, Satya Nadella has stated in public that Microsoft will be focusing first on its mobile and cloud SERVICES. That's why a lot of apps like Office 365 come to Android and iOS.
Second, these apps are not as feature-rich as their WP counterpart. There are a lot of restrictions for the free Office 365 in Android and iOS. Android and iOS users should expect the same treatment for Cortana.
Third, remember that not all Windows desktop users have WP as their mobile OS preference. In fact, WP is even a minority compared to the other two. So Microsoft's expansion will only be natural.
I, for one, use Firefox and IE as a desktop browser and Bing as my default search engine. Having a secondary Android phone (my daily driver is still a Lumia), I ditched Google's services (except for Google+, YouTube and Gmail) and downloaded Firefox, Bing (which is integrated with IE) and Outlook. And my contacts are stored by default on Outlook.
See, even though I have an Android phone, the impact of Microsoft's services in my life is still big. In our country where Chromebooks are highly disregarded, Microsoft's strategy may eventually be effective but in a slow manner.
Sent from my Nokia Lumia 1520 (RM-937) using Tapatalk