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Old 10-03-2012, 19:14
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Looks like its failed along with Symbian:

http://www.gsmarena.com/microsoft_ki...-news-3957.php

Wonder of it just leaves Apple IOS to rival with Android and Blackberrys are losing poupulaity but should still fill a niche market.
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Old 10-03-2012, 19:18
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Windows Mobile 6.X has been dead for ages now. The market place specifically for that OS was bound to go eventually. Im surprised MS kept it alive this long.

I think you are confusing Windows Mobile 6.X with Windows Phone which is slowly on the up.

Android and IOS are still by far the leaders with RIM's Blackberry software falling out of favour (the outage last year really really hurt them)

I would be cautious counting MS out of the market though. There new phone OS has a lot of money and expertise behind it, with the imminent release of Windows 8, which is apparently going to be run on PC\Phone\Tablet they are going to do very well.

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Old 10-03-2012, 19:36
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I'm glad I never bought a Windows Mobile.

I hope they don't eventually do the same with the Windows Phone 7 store.
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Old 10-03-2012, 20:58
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Windows mobile is old now though, it's all about Windows phone 7.
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Old 11-03-2012, 22:13
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Looks like its failed along with Symbian:

http://www.gsmarena.com/microsoft_ki...-news-3957.php

Wonder of it just leaves Apple IOS to rival with Android and Blackberrys are losing poupulaity but should still fill a niche market.
I honestly can't believe you titled your thread. "Windows mobile has failed". Superseded, yes. Finished, yes.

Then when we get to your post you seem to have confused WM 6.x with WP. Which explains why you said failed. Oh dear.
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Old 11-03-2012, 23:15
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I honestly can't believe you titled your thread. "Windows mobile has failed". Superseded, yes. Finished, yes.

Then when we get to your post you seem to have confused WM 6.x with WP. Which explains why you said failed. Oh dear.
haha, yep. Windows Mobile is not Windows Phone.

I had a go on the demo Nokia phones at a promo stall recently. As touted elsewhere, they were VERY zippy. I like the interface too, a customisable 'home screen' of links to your favourite people and apps, with more available in menus. Still an Android fan though, and there's not enough there to swap, but wouldn't turn my nose up at a Windows Phone powered 2nd phone.
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Old 11-03-2012, 23:24
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Yes, Windows Phone has "failed" just as much as Windows XP has. It has been slowly killed off, yes, but it has not failed...
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Old 11-03-2012, 23:59
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Thank god for that, What a horrid OS which has not place on a consumer mobile device!!
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Old 12-03-2012, 07:37
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haha, yep. Windows Mobile is not Windows Phone.

I had a go on the demo Nokia phones at a promo stall recently. As touted elsewhere, they were VERY zippy. I like the interface too, a customisable 'home screen' of links to your favourite people and apps, with more available in menus. Still an Android fan though, and there's not enough there to swap, but wouldn't turn my nose up at a Windows Phone powered 2nd phone.
I like just how many different things you can pin: people, apps, particular things within apps, webpages, individual pictures or albums, any music things: artists, albums, tracks, playlists, office documents etc etc.
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:08
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For me there is only two OS - Android and iOS. Thats not to say the other are not technically good, but the fact remains that developers tend to develop for Android and iOS and so there are alot of Apps I like missing from WP and the others.
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