50 years of Microsoft!

What’s the most iconic Microsoft product in your book — Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Phone, Office… or something else?

Brb swapping my sim to my 2012 Nokia Windows phone

Kumpel ma stara Lumie z Windows Phone. W głowie się nie mieści ubić taki dobry system :/
Ja uciekłem jak już było widać że M$ dało ciała (znów)
#windowsphone #lumia

#MushroomMonday #Pilze #Fungi

Aufgenommen im September 2019 mit meinem Lumia 950 XL, das beste Smartphone, das ich je hatte und das ich heute noch vermisse. Die Kamera war unschlagbar. Anfang 2021 trennten sich leider unsere Wege, weil der Akku schlapp machte.

heise+ | Wie man Desktop-Windows auf Lumia-Handys installiert

Es gibt kein Update für Lumia-Handys und die App-Unterstützung fehlt. Mit dem "Lumia WOA Project" installiert man die ARM-Version von Desktop-Windows aufs Gerät

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Wie-man-Desktop-Windows-auf-Lumia-Handys-installiert-9976380.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

@postmarketOS i know the interfaces for #linux phones are mainly #phosh, #gnome mobile or #bananaui, but how hard is to reimplement the #metro UI that #windowsphone 8 used? It made the phone really usable while not having a single app from the market, it was really integrated

is there an actively maintained Mastodon client for #WindowsPhone ?

ROFL

The enormity of Microsoft's #WindowsPhone shut-down mistake is becoming increasingly clear in the AI era

»Microsoft has an Apple-shaped AI nightmare on its hands, as #OpenAI realizes the limits of partnering with Microsoft.«

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/the-enormity-of-microsofts-windows-phone-shut-down-mistake-is-becoming-increasingly-clear-in-the-ai-era

Tom Warren's tweet about the Windows Phone made me think about how there was so many cool stuff on it. I remember something called "lenses": you opened the standard camera app and then you could switch to another app's capture interface with just a swipe, without changing apps at all. It was something ahead of time and that neither Apple or Google added to their OSes.

Anyone remember Mastodon for Windows Phone 8?

Wisst ihr noch damals als es auf dem #windowsphone Standard war das die Adressleiste im Browser unten war. War super und selbst Safari kann das mittlerweile.

Was kann Edge unter iOS nicht? Ratet mal. #fail

10 Jahre CEO: Wie Satya Nadella bei Microsoft den Kulturwandel vollzog

Als CEO machte Satya Nadella Microsoft zum wertvollsten Unternehmen der Welt. Doch die Ära Nadella begann vor zehn Jahren mit einer herben Niederlage.​

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/10-Jahre-CEO-Wie-Satya-Nadella-bei-Microsoft-den-Kulturwandel-vollzog-9616154.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

I hate sounding like the old guy in the room when I say things like "phone design used to be more fun". I mean, I AM the old guy in the room, but I hate SOUNDING like the old guy complaining about new tech.

Frosted gradients. Laser etched glossy. Bold primary color polycarb. Metal and leather. Different form factors and features... Sigh...

We didn't know how good we had it...

I want a tv show where its 2023 but #windowsphone , #webos (Palm Pre-style), and #blackberry won the smartphone wars, so all the cast use them and use jargon none of us are familiar with ("Oh let me just switch to that card on my Pre real quick to check that..."). I don't care about the topic or point of the show, I just want that to happen. Also all PCs in the shows run #beos (not #haikuos , the original BeOS, either r4.5 or 5 is acceptable).

Remember when Satya Nadella was all about mobile for like 5 minutes? #Microsoft #WindowsPhone #SatyaNadella

#Microsoft giving up on #WindowsPhone was absolutely a mistake. It was a good OS, and yeah they made some big fumbles like cutting off recent devices with major OS upgrades.

They also struggled to jumpstart their app economy. I know they tried offering a few iOS devs a sum to port their apps. But from a few I talked to, it was *insultingly* low. MS isn't exactly hurting for cash, so this strikes me as a significant mistake.

What a bummer. Windows Phone was good.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/24/23930478/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-mobile-windows-phone