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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[–] blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I think they can still reboot with an Android base. They can just do what they did for edge. Pull a Google. Sell hardware with very polished software. Android would give them full access to all Android apps. Also they already have outlook and office apps made for android.

[–] Pazuzu@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

microsoft does have a launcher for android. I've heard good things about it, but haven't used it myself so can't confirm

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