Microsoft kills off its Nokia Android phones | The Verge
Or does it mean it kills the entire Android unit?
Or does it mean it kills the entire Android unit?
Is there any doubt that MS isnt fully commited to WP? I may be wrong but this to me looks loke MS is 100% behind WP
IMO, it's decisions like the Nokia X that led to Nokia losing the smartphone market and being bought out by Microsoft. The Nokia X is a directionless, poorly thought out phone with little hope of succeeding. That was Nokia before selling out. They had too many phones, too many OSs and no idea which direction they wanted (or needed) to go. It's no surprise that Nokia's first post-Windows Phone device turned out to be a complete mess. I'm glad Microsoft isn't dealing with this headache anymore.
Microsoft kills off its Nokia Android phones | The Verge
Or does it mean it kills the entire Android unit?
Microsoft kills off its Nokia Android phones | The Verge
Or does it mean it kills the entire Android unit?
Well now that's interesting.
1 nokia makes android variant...
2 Microsoft says wp will run android apps
3 Microsoft fires 18k-30k employees ( depending on sources)
4 .....?
I bet it's a very interesting time for those employees at microkia wondering if they have a job or a pink slip right now.
Will they turn to android apps development to fill the paycheck gap (since they will possibly run on wp), or just five up and try out some kick starter money schemes?
I always hated the idea of Nokia X and I'm glad they are shifting focus. If they are shifting the Nokia X design to Lumia and putting on WP, does this mean that existing Nokia X phones could get an update to WP as well or at least the ability to flash WP on them and start from scratch? I wonder.
I think that since the existing X phones use hardware capacitive buttons that don't match the "Back, Windows, Search" buttons of WP, I can't seen the existing 4 X phones getting an update to run WP.
If I remember correctly they had Lumia phones for years before releasing Nokia X in February 2014. So it might have been rather last glimmer of hope before they were bought by Microsoft, not a mistake that led to the acquisition by Microsoft.
I was excited when Nokia had previewed X series phones but later realized that its not going to be future-safe after MS acquired Nokia. It was bound to happen. Yet, Nokia did a great job by amalgamating AOSP with MS services. MS should continue their support to X series and should also expand it with new models, but Alas!