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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit (www.theregister.com)
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When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The Microsoft Windows Phone probably failed because we forgot to give it a real keyboard.
-Balmer

No he didn't really say that, it's a joke on how he laughed about the iPhone not having a real keyboard.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They gave the Kin phones keyboards. Remember those? Probably not.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I admit I didn't until you mentioned them.

[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Windows phone keyboard was leaps and bounds ahead of iOS and Android. I still miss that keyboard. Swiftkey on android just isn't the same.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I was just about to post that there were Android phones with keyboards too, but I looked it up to be sure, and by god they are clumsy and ugly in comparison.
Personally I love the screen keyboard solution, I find it very elegant and handy. But I admit I need a big screen for it, but I also like the bigger screen in general better anyway.