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Exactly! The OS is so simple and easy to use that most of the smartphone users should be going the WP route! Lets face it, majority of the smartphone users use the phone for straight forward purposes and WP servers exactly that. I just feel that Windows Phone got lost in between the smartphone users when Android already captured the market. People just wanted Android or iOS because it was the "the one" to buy, it was the trend. So people simply ignored WP even though it was really nice. Most of the people I see carrying around the latest Galaxy can have a better experience using WP but for them..Galaxy/iPhone is the trend so that's it.
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Posted: 2015-07-11 09:29:33
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.. just found out about this now, sorry if this was posted before.
It seems that Stephen Elop, the "ex-nokia CEO" is now fired from Microsoft too.



BOOM! Stephen Elop shuffled out of Microsoft door
http://www.theregister.co.uk/[....]/stephen_elop_exits_microsoft/


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Posted: 2015-07-11 13:01:52
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I think if Windows Phone 10 is released - that rumor has a very good chance of being true. But as of now, the future of WP 10 is a big question mark... but some sites are saying that its still being made and will be released next year. Build 10166 is now released and being tested, but is far from being stable.

See below:

Microsoft giving up on phones? Naaahh ... Windows 10 Mobile lumbers toward release
http://www.theregister.co.uk/[....]windows_10_mobile_build_10166/

... I am guessing that MS will indeed keep on making phones for the next 2 years. (as rumored)


cheers!

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Posted: 2015-07-11 13:07:08
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Microsoft to shut down several apps, including Photsynth, MSN Health & Fitness, more
http://www.winbeta.org/news/m[....]tsynth-msn-health-fitness-more

Microsoft is retiring Photosynth panoramic apps for Windows Phone and iOS
http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-retiring-photosynth-apps


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Posted: 2015-07-11 13:18:10
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Yep, he got the axe earlier this year.

Nadella is not messing around, he is fixing up Microsoft and getting rid of the fat.
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Posted: 2015-07-11 14:09:53
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What's next for Windows Phone?

Less than 24 hours after Microsoft announced a $7.6 billion write-down on its acquisition of Nokia and aggressive layoffs, the tech press is penning the Windows Phone obituaries. Can something better rise from the ashes?

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0 |
July 9, 2015

Its less than 24 hours since Microsoft announced a $7.6 billion write-down on its acquisition of Nokia and aggressive layoffs, and the tech press has been quick in penning the Windows Phone obituaries.

Windows Phone was great, but here's why it deserved to die

Microsoft Doesn't Want to Make Smartphones Anymore

Even long-time supporters of the platform, such as ZDNet's own Matthew Miller, have come to the conclusion that the end is nigh for Windows Phone. "After five years of championing Windows Phone," wrote Miller, "the news today has me finally deciding to leave Windows Phone behind."

The problem that Microsoft is facing with Windows Phone is that after many years and billions of dollars spent, the user base hasn't grown significantly since 2010. Here's one chart by Asymco analyst Horace Dedui that clearly shows the cause of death: crushed between the two juggernauts of iOS and Android.



Now I'm pretty sure that there will be no end of finger pointing and blaming over the next few days. And that's easy to do, given how many fumbles Microsoft has made when it comes to mobile. Microsoft was insouciant to the risks. One fumble is bad enough in such an aggressive market, but a whole series of fumbles pretty much guarantees billions of dollars lost and thousands of painful job cuts.

And suffice to say that this is a mess that Nadella inherited, and one he's dealing with in pretty much the only way he can.

But there's also a lesson for the future, and that is that given the speed with which new markets hit maturity, you're either first, second, or dead. Microsoft's mobile aspirations have always been a third wheel, first crushed between iOS and BlackBerry, and now iOS and Android.

So what's next for Windows Phone?

Nadella's email to the troops breaking the bad news gives us some pointers:

"We plan to narrow our focus to three customer segments where we can make unique contributions and where we can differentiate through the combination of our hardware and software. We'll bring business customers the best management, security and productivity experiences they need; value phone buyers the communications services they want; and Windows fans the flagship devices they'll love."

Here he outlines three categories: business, value phone buyers, and Windows fans. But I don't think Nadella is talking about making phones for each of these categories. Instead, reading between the lines, what I believe he means is that Microsoft is going to focus on software for business (Word, Excel, that stuff) for iOS and Android, pushing Skype onto value phones, and throwing the odd bone in the direction of hardcore fans with a "flagship" device every now and then.

But "flagship devices" surely mean more Windows Phone smartphones, right? Maybe not. It could equally mean more Surface devices (perhaps a phablet), or stuff like HoloLens (which could be another cash bonfire for Microsoft if it's not careful).

The fact that Nadella chose the word "devices" as opposed to "smartphones" suggests to me that Windows Phone is on the way out, and that Microsoft could be getting ready to exit the market in the next few years. Devices that are currently in the pipeline will be brought to market, at which the fans will say "see, Microsoft isn't ditching smartphones," and then a year or two down the line, we'll notice that there are no new Windows Phone devices coming out, and that will close the Windows Phone chapter with the least fuss possible.

And that's a real shame, because Windows 10 is Microsoft's best mobile platform. But burning massive piles of R&D cash on making handsets for a user base of a few million doesn't make sense.

It makes sense for Microsoft to focus on apps such as Office and Skype for Android and iOS, but what about the popular idea that Microsoft should somehow try to shoehorn Android apps onto Windows Phone, or even embrace the Android OS in favour of its offering? That still leaves Microsoft as a small player, only now scrabbling for market share against the likes of Samsung and LG.

That doesn't make sense.

Bottom line, I think that this is the end of the line for Windows Phone. I've no doubt that we'll see some new handsets, and there will be a small injection of interest with Windows 10, but none of that will change the underlying problem facing the platform, which quite simply is a severe lack of people willing to exchange legal tender for Windows Phone devices.

source:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-next-for-windows-phone/


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Posted: 2015-07-11 20:40:27
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Microsoft expected to post quarterly loss after big Nokia writedown
http://www.seattletimes.com/b[....]oss-after-big-nokia-writedown/

Microsoft’s mobile strategy unclear in post-Nokia world
http://www.itbusiness.ca/news[....]lear-in-post-nokia-world/56924


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Posted: 2015-07-21 03:20:37
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