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Note that Microsoft are in the process of deprecating Skype for Business altogether ( https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16360072/microsoft-teams-... ) in favor of Teams (their Slack-like online tool).
Teams has voice?
The chrome support is still a bit lacking, so Linux users are second class citizens for now. But it's improving steadily.
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4:3 displays are too boxy for mobility, I really think 3:2 should be the new standard, especially for tablets, it's just perfect.
I prefer 4:3 for tablets, but I'm glad we can all agree that 16:9 was a mistake. Even 16:10 would have been better as a standard.
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Zune. Surface RT. Kinect. Windows Phone. Band. Just naming some things that I've personally purchased and Microsoft no longer supports. They are no better than Google at continuing to support their products.
Zune: introduced 2006; discontinued: 2012; support ended 2015 (9 years) Surface RT: introduced: 2012; Discontinued: 2013; Windows support ends 2023 (11 years) Kinect: introduced 2010; discontinued: 2015 for windows; 2017 for xbox; still supported (no date announced AFAICT) Windows phone: introduced: 2010; last release 2015; windows phone os support ended 2017 (7 years) Band: introduced 2014; discontinued 2016; still…
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Zune. Surface RT. Kinect. Windows Phone. Band. Just naming some things that I've personally purchased and Microsoft no longer supports. They are no better than Google at continuing to support their products.
Zune: introduced 2006; discontinued: 2012; support ended 2015 (9 years) Surface RT: introduced: 2012; Discontinued: 2013; Windows support ends 2023 (11 years) Kinect: introduced 2010; discontinued: 2015 for windows; 2017 for xbox; still supported (no date announced AFAICT) Windows phone: introduced: 2010; last release 2015; windows phone os support ended 2017 (7 years) Band: introduced 2014; discontinued 2016; still…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Kin
"After only forty-eight days on the market, Microsoft discontinued the Kin line on June 30, 2010"
"In January 2011, Microsoft shut down the kin.com website, which controlled most of the earlier phones' features..."
The Kin actually had some pretty innovative for the time cloud features as well.
The thing Microsoft seems to get is that you can keep grinding on these devices even if they aren't smash hits. Eventually people like me start to consider them a viable alternative because we know they aren't going to give up on them like Google.
What gives you the idea they'd just kill something like the Jamboard?
I love that Microsoft manages to insert a "Clippy" like modal on top of the marketing page while I'm watching the video. I mean at least fix the squished text in that graphic ya'll. https://i.imgur.com/V5iKhi3.jpg
I love that Microsoft manages to insert a "Clippy" like modal on top of the marketing page while I'm watching the video. I mean at least fix the squished text in that graphic ya'll. https://i.imgur.com/V5iKhi3.jpg
Anyone have a guess what it costs to tile 4 of those 4K multi-touch displays like shown in the video? That would make a heck of a desktop.
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Zune: introduced 2006; discontinued: 2012; support ended 2015 (9 years) Surface RT: introduced: 2012; Discontinued: 2013; Windows support ends 2023 (11 years) Kinect: introduced 2010; discontinued: 2015 for windows; 2017 for xbox; still supported (no date announced AFAICT) Windows phone: introduced: 2010; last release 2015; windows phone os support ended 2017 (7 years) Band: introduced 2014; discontinued 2016; still…
I don't agree that Microsoft is worse than Google, but if you want an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Kin "After only forty-eight days on the market, Microsoft discontinued the Kin line on June 30, 2010" "In January 2011, Microsoft shut down the kin.com website, which controlled most of the earlier phones' features..." The Kin actually had some pretty innovative for the time cloud features as well.
[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-only-sold-503-kin-p...