Microsoft boosts stability for Windows 10 mobile with new beta release

It is important to state that Microsoft paid $7.4 billion to Nokia for its phone hardware business as the company tried to make inroads into the market segment as growth from its traditional software business slowed.

A report from Phone Arena suggests Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is still alive and kicking in the mobile business, just not in the traditional sense.

Microsoft has recently announced that it would be releasing a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone before the year ends.

The primary question now is “What is next for Windows Phone?” It seems that Microsoft regrets buying Nokia, but it does not mean that it will stop making handsets. He said Microsoft will make a smaller number of phones for business users, low-priced models for “value” buyers and “flagship devices” for Windows fans. In a companywide email last month, the Microsoft CEO circulated the company’s revised mission statement that called for empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Let’s take a few seconds to say goodbye to the Windows Phone Store…

Ballmer never really had his finger on the pulse of the wireless/mobile community. Apple wound up re-inventing the factory for touch-screen smartphones and tablets only to be surpassed by Google’s Android in terms of global sales. They never jumped into the social media game and when asked about Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp he said, “Is it a fad?” Will that asset ever be worth anything?

Microsoft has included a “retail demo” experience that will be used to show off the Windows 10 OS in the retail environment. “Reasonable people – Zuckerberg believes so, and no reason to doubt it”. Additionally, these enterprises run ActiveSync, a Microsoft app released in 1996 to synchronize data between mobile devices and desktop computers, for mobile device management and security.

The Windows 10 technical preview build has been available for quite some time now and Microsoft is regularly updating it with more features.

“We are moving from a strategy to grow a standalone phone business to grow and create a vibrant Windows ecosystem”, Nadella said in Wednesday’s announcement. Since becoming chief executive, Nadella has increased the development of apps and services for Google’s Android devices and Apple’s iOS products.