Hypx@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistakewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down122file-textcross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1584arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistakewww.theverge.comHypx@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square188fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoThis was the downfall of BlackBerry as well. QNX-based BB10 OS was phenomenal, and their hardware was top notch. It was the lacking app ecosystem that killed it.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI was a BB developer right around the time of their demise. It never mattered how good or bad their OS was, because the development environment for BB was complete shit - which was a big part of why nobody wrote apps for it.
This was the downfall of BlackBerry as well.
QNX-based BB10 OS was phenomenal, and their hardware was top notch.
It was the lacking app ecosystem that killed it.
I was a BB developer right around the time of their demise. It never mattered how good or bad their OS was, because the development environment for BB was complete shit - which was a big part of why nobody wrote apps for it.