Windows Phone not dead, Microsoft's next phone to be category innovating

The update will be available for download via Firmware Over The Air (FOTA).

Meanwhile, Windows 10 is the first version of the software designed as a kind of service. Of course what happens once Windows 10 becomes a paid upgrade will have a big impact on that.

Paul Thurrott, another longtime Microsoft follower, criticized a recent pop-up asking users if they were ready to get Windows 10. Unfortunately, smartphone owners who were now in possession of the 6-inch phablet were cut off from the Windows 10 Mobile update, but if you're an AT&T user, then luck is definitely on your side, thanks to the latest update.

In June 2015, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop left Microsoft, presumably for reasons related to the announcement the following month that the company was writing off most of the value of its acquisition of Nokia's phone business along with the "reduction of up to 7,800 positions, primarily in the phone business".

The prospect of changing from a familiar computing setup to the unknown might be putting some people off upgrading, so we've compared and contrasted Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 so you can get a better feel of how they match up.

The Windows 10 Mobile OS update came out for the users of many older Nokia Lumia phones such as Lumia 1520, 930, 640, 640XL, 730, 735, 830, 532, 535, 540, 635 1GB, 636 1GB, 638 1GB, 430, 435, BLU Win HD w510u, BLU Win HD LTE x150q, and the MCJ Madosma Q501 devices. The company showed results indicating Edge on a Windows 10 machine can preserve some hours' worth of battery life. You need a new license if you chose to upgrade the motherboard, because you're essentially building a new PC. DirectX 12 is definitely of interest to gamers and others who use graphics-intensive programs.

The company was also able to confirm that the new app is a Universal Windows 10 app, but it's only targeted at laptops and tablets. And a new Microsoft Edge Extension!

Microsoft, using its own Project Centennial bridge, has brought across several of its Win32 programs to the Windows Store on Windows 10 for Insiders.

Analysts say part of Microsoft's push with the Windows 10 comes from a desire to centralize users onto one operating system. Unlike Siri, Cortana can also be used across iOS- and Android-powered devices. "They can't quite match the natural language searches of Google, but it's totally usable".

Have you upgraded? If you have, would you recommend the Windows 10 download to others?


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