lanigerous@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unitwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1532arrow-down1external-linkThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unitwww.theregister.comlanigerous@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAvid AmoebalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoIt was incredible watching it unfold, even more so from the offices of a smartphone competitor.
minus-squarelanigerous@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoCan only imagine, must have been like watching the demise of Myspace or something
minus-squareAvid AmoebalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoYeah 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-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 months agoIt 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.
It was incredible watching it unfold, even more so from the offices of a smartphone competitor.
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.