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Microsoft Surface Duo

Microsoft's dubious positioning of the Surface Duo killed an ambitious vision

By Jason Ward published

Duo Dismay The Surface Duo was ahead of the curve, literally. Despite massive improvements in the Duo 2, Microsoft's mistakes are all too familiar.

Duo Dismay
Image of the Google Pixel 7 in Obsidian.

Avenge your Windows phone: Get the discounted Google Pixel 7 and improve it with Microsoft apps

By Zachary Boddy published

Windows Pixel Google's Pixel 7 is already a great value, and now it's even cheaper. Buy it and load it with Microsoft apps to avenge your fallen Windows phones.

Windows Pixel
Windows 11 Mobile concept

This 'Windows 11 Mobile' concept offers a glimpse at what could have been

By Jez Corden published

W11M Windows 11 Mobile is sadly never to be, but that doesn't stop us from dreaming now, does it?

W11M
Daniel Rubino using a Lumia phone

I asked Bing Chat to write a memorial for Windows Phone and the result was pure poetry

By Richard Devine published

Memories Bing Chat is an awesome tool for searching the web and productivity, but it's also fun to goof around with. Like writing poetry about Windows Phone.

Memories
Lumia 1520, photo by Jez Corden

I asked Bing AI for its thoughts on Windows Phone ...

By Jez Corden published

WP meets AI I can't let Windows Phone go, so I asked Bing AI some questions about our beloved platform in seeking closure.

WP meets AI
Lumia 1020 in memoriam

This Nokia Lumia 1020 retrospective made me yearn for the good old Windows Phone days

By Zac Bowden published

Retrospective Photography on Windows Phone was well ahead of its time.

Retrospective
Web apps on Windows PCs

Thanks to Google and Apple's taxes, web apps on Windows PC are suddenly getting good

By Jez Corden published

PWAwesome As services like Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram struggle to find growth on mobile, they've started crawling back to Windows PC.

PWAwesome
The Ghost of Windows Phone haunting Apple and Google

Microsoft's Windows Phone revenge: building a competing mobile app and game store

By Jez Corden published

*evil laughter* An Android app store may be in Microsoft's future, according to rumors. It would be the ultimate revenge against Google, who made every effort to undermine and kill Windows Phone.

*evil laughter*
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore at Build 2018

Joe Belfiore, the former head of Windows Phone, to leave Microsoft after 32 years

By Sean Endicott published

Microsoft Belfiore led Windows Phone, Windows 10, and Office during a career spanning three decades.

Microsoft
Windows Phone and Mobile

12 years ago, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 and won a cult following

By Daniel Rubino published

In memoriam With its flat typography UI and unique hardware, Microsoft’s reboot of its mobile OS was both a success and a failure.

In memoriam
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