Is this Microsofts way of killing off Windows Phone?
Read this article today. Immediately wondered what sort of crack the author was smoking.
No, neither of these signs have anything at all to do with Microsoft's outlook for Windows Phone. Thinking that is downright idiotic.
Firstly, the Nokia move. Yes Microsoft is buying Nokia's hardware division. But they don't yet own it. Ergo Nokia is free to do whatever the F*** they want. So anyone implying that Nokia's moves are somehow reflective of Microsoft's vision must clearly be stoned. And lets not forget that if the device is already being announced, it was probably conceived by Nokia before the deal with Microsoft was even made and even longer before the point at which the regulating bodies had even approved the sale. Even at this very moment, post approval of the sale, Nokia's phone division is still owned and operated BY NOKIA.
Next was opening up Office 365 to Android developers.
I'm not sure how you make the leap from this to being a sign of Microsoft abandoning Windows Phone. Windows Phone loses money where Office is one of Microsoft's most profitable divisions. Office 365 is a paid service. If enabling the API's for use by Android developers nets them more subscription users that means that one of their more profitable divisions becomes... MORE PROFITABLE.
Sure, Microsoft would love it if you also bought a Windows Phone instead of an Android phone. But this is also perceived as a gateway. Someone who buys into components of the Microsoft ecosystem is more likely to buy Microsoft products in the future. Or so the thinking goes. And I'm sure to some degree there are figures to back it. It may not draw in new customers by the boat load. But exposing more people to your services should in theory draw at least some portion of new users into the fray.
The dumbest aspect of this whole thing is that NEITHER move is directly related to Windows Phone in any way shape or form. People associate Nokia with Windows Phone because of their partnership and because of the impending sale, but they are separate entities. And Microsoft has been making all of their services available on other platforms for quite some time now. They have long had Office mobile apps on both Android and iOS for some time now. They are expanding Xbox Music onto these devices. OneDrive is available on both as well.
And, throughout all of this, Windows Phone has always been first to the party. When Microsoft starts making their services available on 3rd party platform before their own... then you can start claiming the end is near.
No, neither of these signs have anything at all to do with Microsoft's outlook for Windows Phone. Thinking that is downright idiotic.
Firstly, the Nokia move. Yes Microsoft is buying Nokia's hardware division. But they don't yet own it. Ergo Nokia is free to do whatever the F*** they want. So anyone implying that Nokia's moves are somehow reflective of Microsoft's vision must clearly be stoned. And lets not forget that if the device is already being announced, it was probably conceived by Nokia before the deal with Microsoft was even made and even longer before the point at which the regulating bodies had even approved the sale. Even at this very moment, post approval of the sale, Nokia's phone division is still owned and operated BY NOKIA.
Next was opening up Office 365 to Android developers.
I'm not sure how you make the leap from this to being a sign of Microsoft abandoning Windows Phone. Windows Phone loses money where Office is one of Microsoft's most profitable divisions. Office 365 is a paid service. If enabling the API's for use by Android developers nets them more subscription users that means that one of their more profitable divisions becomes... MORE PROFITABLE.
Sure, Microsoft would love it if you also bought a Windows Phone instead of an Android phone. But this is also perceived as a gateway. Someone who buys into components of the Microsoft ecosystem is more likely to buy Microsoft products in the future. Or so the thinking goes. And I'm sure to some degree there are figures to back it. It may not draw in new customers by the boat load. But exposing more people to your services should in theory draw at least some portion of new users into the fray.
The dumbest aspect of this whole thing is that NEITHER move is directly related to Windows Phone in any way shape or form. People associate Nokia with Windows Phone because of their partnership and because of the impending sale, but they are separate entities. And Microsoft has been making all of their services available on other platforms for quite some time now. They have long had Office mobile apps on both Android and iOS for some time now. They are expanding Xbox Music onto these devices. OneDrive is available on both as well.
And, throughout all of this, Windows Phone has always been first to the party. When Microsoft starts making their services available on 3rd party platform before their own... then you can start claiming the end is near.
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