Live Tiles, introduced in Windows Phone 7 (2010), are UI elements acting both as app shortcuts & dynamic information feeds. Part of Microsoft’s Metro UI, they were later added to desktop Windows in Windows 8 (2012). Kept in Windows 10, they were deprecated in Windows 11 (2021). #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsPhone7 #Windows8 #Windows81 #Windows10 #Windows11 #LiveTiles #Metro

The Nokia N9's Harmattan platform was discontinued immediately after the N9 was released and when it was time for a new phone, I decided to go for a Nokia Lumia running #WindowsPhone. I had bought my son a Lumia 710 with #WindowsPhone7 and I was impressed. I owned both an 800- and a 900-series Nokia Lumia with #WindowsPhone8 before they discontinued the concept. It was a really nice OS experience, but it lacked a solid software ecosystem.

Ten Years Later – Was Elop Right?

A decade ago, Stephen Elop made the announcement that Nokia was adopting Windows Phone 7 as its platform of choice.

Being the mobile nerd that I was, I live Tweeted the press conference.

https://twitter.com/edent/status/35964102467784704

Let's take a look back to see what Elop and I got right or wrong.

https://twitter.com/eden

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/02/ten-years-later-was-elop-right/

#/etc/ #microsoft #mobile #nokia #windowsphone7 #wp7

Thirty Percent

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08/thirty-percent/

#android #blackberry #ios #iphone #nokia #windowsphone7 #wp7