Windows 10: Windows Phone is dead

Windows Phone is dead

Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/28/10...-phone-is-dead

:)

 

I don't want my Windows Phone to sync contacts, calendar, and documents to "the cloud"!

Jay, but the problem is that the personal data is still synced to your main account, which you say you have no control over. I do not want one bit of personal data on any cloud service, let alone with MS/Google/Apple/social media.

Perhaps the solution is to:

1) create an Outlook account. Download all the apps that are desired.

2) under server settings, put random letters in there so the account can't sync to the cloud.

3) then add contacts and calender events.

 

I don't want my Windows Phone to sync contacts, calendar, and documents to "the cloud"!

This is extrememly frustrating. And if I can't figure it out I will return the phone and get an Android.

I want to be able to download apps (which requires an Outlook account) but not sync ANY contacts, calendar, or documents to the Microsoft cloud. There is NO setting I could find in either my new Lumia 925 or within Outlook webmail account settings. If
I delete the contacts or calendar from the cloud, then it automatically does this to my phone! This is insane, and a total loss of control over my privacy.

Please tell me there is a solution to this, one where I can download apps (ie be able to use my smartphone fully in ways I see fit) without the auto syncing. I completely understand this syncing of contacts and such is a desired feature for people, and
that is fine, but give us an option Microsoft!

 

Windows Phone was too late to the ball. I think MS does better overall when they innovate instead of trying to insinuate themselves into existing successfully established fields. Make others copy you, MS, not the reverse.

 

Well, I went to one of Developer Conference in Florida by Microsoft several years ago. Roughly about 80-100 Windows Phones were used at the meeting out of 800 developers.

I was not impressed and never attend the follow up meeting.

 

"Microsoft only sold 4.5 million Lumia devices in the recent quarter, compared to 10.5 million at the same time last year"

Only? Taylor Swift's album "1989" was the quickest album to climb to 5 million copies sold since 2004 and it took 36 weeks (9 months) to get to the 5 million mark. So according to The Verge, presumably Taylor Swift is also dead and should give up?

But, I agree with the above poster that Microsoft were caught off guard. However, without doubt Windows Mobile is too important for Microsoft to not bother with and they will know that they can't afford to be out of the mobile game for their future as an OS maker. As computing devices get smaller and smaller, without Windows Mobile, Microsoft would be in real trouble in the future.

But of course the other question is, are iOS and Android phones so bad that people need to continuously keep replacing them? *Eek *Biggrin

 

What an absurd analogy.

 

I'm very happy with my Windows Phone. I for one plan on staying with a Windows Phone for as long as I can. I never had any problems with my Android Phones, I just like my Windows Phone Better.

 

Still to this day I have never seen a single person with a windows phone. I don't think Android or Apple even know they exist, lol.

 

*Ditto except it took 2 or 3 days off and on to set up my Droid X2 the way I like it after an OS update or hard reset. Been out of the loop with Android as of 3 years, but everything on my Lumia is backed up in my MS account to where it takes roughly 45 minutes tops to upgrade. Never had to hard reset it in 3 years. I'll be upgrading to 10 upon final release.

 

As I mentioned to @Cluster Head earlier, if Windows Phone dies off, I'll have a really nice, sophisticated MP3 player! *Wink

 

Microsoft Display Dock - Microsoft - USA

I think that's innovative.

 

So Windows Phone may follow in the footsteps of Zune!

 

This is too bad. I love my Windows phone. This is my computer for on the go. For the $49 that I paid (unlocked) it was the best investment I ever made.

 

Samsung has Sidesync app which allows the phone to be run through pc or tablet. Seems to be pretty much the same thing as what MS is showing in that link. Samsung does it with wifi so no cables or anything else needed. Been out since the release of the s6 I think, nearly a year now.