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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Zune was not especially great in terms of what it could do, true, but the hardware was also shit. Also, the first gen Zunes all bricked at one point due to some programming error.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I could've sworn the Zune HD's specs were better than the current gen iPod touch.