HP is abandoning Windows Mobile

[PuckCowboy]

I'm also very leery of making Android my main device in the future, I'm hoping by the time my windows device is dead that something like this Librem 5 phone is out there and supported by devs https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

Wow, that Librem phone looks very enticing!

 

[Polychrome]

I can't believe anyone is still surprised about this. It's been dead for years? Why is it taking so long for people to realize it?

I think the problem is what you consider "ending". Some of us have been watching this whole thing since Windows CE and have known all along, whether we were talking about the HP X3 or the old Sega Dreamcast that Microsoft ALWAYS planned to attempt to unify their OS as a "one for all" ecosystem. The details were the unknown. So where others are seeing ends and abandonment, others are keeping a curious eye on whatever the next evolution is.

And the thing is, we know something is cooking. It's not about faith and trust. Every phone OS has its issues. Microsoft needs their PC clout in the mobile space, and is still figuring it out. They will be back. If it's great, folks will come back. If not, the cycle continues.

 

[Elky64]

Oh I know, that is one of the reasons I hate Android so much. Lazy manufacturers and zero support from the OS maker.

Android is such a garbage OS, but since any programmer, no matter how bad they are at it, can create some Java-based garbage with an IDE, and peddle it on Google Play,it is "popular".

Without that easy money stream, Android would have died years ago. Just shows how Google is nothing but a money grubbing tramp of a company, quality be hung.

Funny though, my nearly 4-year old Android device, that hasn't seen an update in a very long time, still functions perfectly fine and ALL the apps installed still work. Cannot say the same for my Windows Phones, and that's only going back 10 months.

Lazy manufactures? And how many phones has Microsoft themselves brought to the table in the last 20 months?

And I thought that was goal of most companies, to make money. Apple does it and so does Microsoft. Obviously if people are buying into them then someone somewhere is doing something right wouldn't you say?

And the only reason any company would be sliding down hill (IMHO), their prices are getting out of sync in regards to advancements. In other words, more money for little gain.

 

[Wolfjt]

Funny though, my nearly 4-year old Android device, that hasn't seen an update in a very long time, still functions perfectly fine and ALL the apps installed still work. Cannot say the same for my Windows Phones, and that's only going back only 10 months.

Lazy manufactures? And how many phones has Microsoft themselves brought to the table in the last 20 months?

And I thought that was goal of most companies, to make money. Apple does it and so does Microsoft. Obviously if people are buying into them then someone somewhere is doing something right wouldn't you say?

And the only reason any company would be sliding down hill (IMHO), their prices are getting out of sync in regards to advancements. In other words, more money for little gain.

Let's also remember the best doesn't always win out in the consumer electronics world. If it did, we would all have had Betamax's instead of VHS's. While early Android was very, very bad. Android L, M and N are all very good. Google innovates and is moving forward for consumers. Microsoft is innovative in the enterprise/cloud space and leaving the consumer world to Apple and Android. It's just that simple.

 

[RaRa85]

Got dammit. Really hate to see this happening even if I'm on Android now. I was always rooting for W10M to grow in huge numbers.

 

[Timbre70]

Nope. Microsoft is abandoning Windows Mobile.