lanigeroustoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·5 months agoThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit(www.theregister.com)external-linkarrow-up1541arrow-down19message-square99file-textfedilink
arrow-up1532arrow-down1external-linkThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit(www.theregister.com)lanigeroustoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·5 months agomessage-square99file-textfedilink
minus-squarelanigerousOPEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·5 months agolinkfedilinkCan only imagine, must have been like watching the demise of Myspace or something
minus-squareAvid AmoebaEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months agolinkfedilinkYeah and I do not recall knowing people who thought it would end well. It was universally viewed as a bad move as opposed to developing MeeGo or going Android.
minus-squarereddig33Englisharrow-up5arrow-down0·5 months agoedit-25 months agolinkfedilinkIt should’ve ended well. Someone at the top made a huge bungle of it all. Windows phone 7 and 8 were some of the best phones I’ve owned.
Can only imagine, must have been like watching the demise of Myspace or something
Yeah and I do not recall knowing people who thought it would end well. It was universally viewed as a bad move as opposed to developing MeeGo or going Android.
It should’ve ended well. Someone at the top made a huge bungle of it all. Windows phone 7 and 8 were some of the best phones I’ve owned.