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Many people want Microsoft's mobile efforts to succeed. Others have lost hope. But can the strategy be objectively acknowledged and observed without an optimistic or pessimistic perspective?
Microsoft's is more than a tech company. It has had a profound global impact on cultures, communities, and governments around the world.
Without a smartphone, Microsoft's augmented reality (AR) efforts may be overshadowed by Apple's ARKit and Google's ARCore phone-based approaches.
As Microsoft winds down its smartphone efforts in preparation for its next mobile attempt, many fans still want a Windows phone. But boy, are they getting difficult to find.
It may not always seem like it, but Microsoft has a mobile strategy. It's been unsuccessful, but it's still more or less on track.
Live Tiles have taken a lot of heat from Windows phone critics and blamed for Microsoft's mobile woes. But they're actually the best thing about the platform.
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore said Windows 10 Mobile is for phone experiences. That doesn't contradict a full Windows on ARM on telephony-enabled pocket PCs vision, however.
In the wake of a rise in white supremacist activity, violence and a proliferation of hate, Silicon Valley must be decisive in its stance against hatred and the use of its platforms.
Windows 10 Mobile's death is bad on many levels. Still, much good may come of its demise.
Microsoft's Windows 10 and Surface-led PC strategy has been a success. So will the company leverage its PC forte and fill its mobile void with a telephony-enabled pocket PC? There's reason to be optimistic.
The next generation of adults, unconcerned about social and privacy issues, may readily accept smartglasses as smartphone replacements.
Today's children live in a world where computers are an integral part of life. To win the next generation tech giants have partnered with schools to teach children how to code.
Windows 10 Mobile failed, but the remnants of a plan where Windows 10 Mobile and full Windows on ARM coexist, Microsoft's post-smartphone strategy, endures.
Microsoft's Dona Sarkar and Alex Kipman believe AR smartglasses will replace smartphones. And they may very well be right. Here's why.
Google Glass is back and like Microsoft's HoloLens its fighting for the enterprise. Whichever wearable wins the enterprise will likely win consumers.
ODG has designed consumer-focused AR smartglasses powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor. Will Microsoft be too late to the consumer AR space?
Like everyone, Windows phone fans you have a choice to use whatever platform you wish. So if Windows phone works for you, use it until it doesn't!
With Apple's consumer-focused AR strategy, Microsoft's HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality may be overshadowed. But media-focused HoloLens for home, targeted at consumers, could turn the tide.
Windows 10 Mobile is effectively a mere testing ground for cellular and ARM capabilities destined for Microsoft's potential Windows 10 on ARM "Surface phone." Windows phone fans, you're the unpaid beta testers.
Disenchanted Windows phone fans feel Microsoft's next mobile device will fail without their support. But Microsoft's ultimate mobile device vision may not need those smartphone loyalists.