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Seeing Microsoft's mobile future requires big-picture perspective
By Jason Ward last updated
Does Microsoft have a mobile strategy? Yes, but to see it you must look beyond the yearly cycle governing the smartphone industry.
This is what has to happen first in order for a Surface phone to succeed
By Jason Ward last updated
The Surface phone hardware alone will not be Windows phone's savior. A multitude of ecosystem-supporting factors are important pieces to the mobile puzzle.
Will Samsung beat Microsoft to market with an ultimate mobile device?
By Jason Ward last updated
A foldable Continuum-enabled Surface "phone" may change the game for Microsoft, unless Samsung builds one first.
My Lumia 1520 is on its deathbed and I'm tempted by Android
By Jason Ward last updated
I've been using Windows phones for 11 years. The Lumias 1020 and 1520 are currently my daily drivers. But my 1520 is dying and I have my eye's set on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Don't judge.
Microsoft needs to leverage partnerships, eSIM and edge computing to position ultramobile PCs
By Jason Ward last updated
If the 'Surface phone' is real, partnerships, eSIM, edge computing and Windows 10 will be crucial to market positioning, "bypassing" carriers and creating unique experiences for ultramobile PCs.
Even if Windows 10 Mobile succeeded, Microsoft would still be pursuing a post-smartphone strategy
By Jason Ward last updated
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.
Will jilted Windows phone fans buy into Microsoft's mobile vision — or care?
By Jason Ward last updated
Microsoft's commitment to loyal Windows phone fans has seemed ill-managed at best. Should Microsoft expect spurned fans to embrace its future mobile efforts?
Is Microsoft strangling Windows phone to prepare for the concept of Surface 'phone'?
By Jason Ward last updated
Microsoft's retreat from the smartphone space suggests its killing Windows phone. Perhaps it is, but only to prepare for what's coming next.
Microsoft WILL address mobile at Build — but not how you expect
By Jason Ward last updated
Windows phone fans are hoping for at least a tidbit of information on Microsoft's mobile strategy from the upcoming Build developer conference. They'll get it ... but maybe not in the way they expect.
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