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Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued [6] mobile operating system developed by Microsoft Mobile for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile [7] [8] and Zune. [9] Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design language.
These new low-end devices were intended to improve Windows Phone adoption in emerging markets such as China. [28] [29] [30] In June 2012, both Nokia and Microsoft received much criticism after it was revealed that the Windows Phone 7 Lumia devices will not be upgradable to Microsoft's second generation Windows Phone platform, Windows Phone 8. [31]
Windows Phone 7.8 is the final major release of Windows Phone 7. It consists exclusively of user interface improvements backported from Windows Phone 8 , as existing Windows Phone 7 devices can not be upgraded to due to changes to its architecture and hardware requirements.
Windows 10 Mobile is the fourth and final generation of Microsoft Mobile's Windows Phone mobile operating system, succeeding Windows Phone 8.1. First released in 2015, it was marketed by Microsoft as being an edition of its PC counterpart — Windows 10 .
Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system from Microsoft.It was released on October 29, 2012, and, like its predecessor, it features a flat user interface based on the Metro design language.
The Zune software is unavailable for Mac OS X, but Microsoft has released Windows Phone Connector, which allows Windows Phone devices to sync with iTunes and iPhoto. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] This has since been succeeded by the Windows Phone App , which is designed for Windows Phone 8 but can sync with Windows Phone 7 devices as well.
Windows Mobile is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDA). [1] Designed to be the portable equivalent of the Windows desktop OS in the emerging mobile/portable area, the operating system is built on top of Windows CE (later known as Windows Embedded Compact) and was originally released as Pocket PC 2000.
It was based on Windows Vista, and was a stopgap update to Windows Mobile 6.1 intended to bridge the gap between version 6.1, that arrived in 2008, and Windows Phone 7 that was released in 2010. It was never part of Microsoft's original mobile phone roadmap, and has been described by its former chief executive Steve Ballmer as "not the full ...