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I miss my Windows Phone
2 months ago · 👍 platypus_laser
If you've got a tinker-friendly (pinephone) or an older phone, you can try some alternative mobile operating systems like postmarketOS & friends. Depends heavily on your usecase though, since a lot of things aren't as well supported as you might expect. · 2 months ago
I never got to try one, but like Blackberry I kinda' wanted to. I'm not a fan of Microsoft at all, (especially considering how they're doing things now a days), but I am a big fan of mobile tech so I wanted to try it from that perspective.
I also wanted it to succede just so there was another competing OS on phones. The duopoly that we have right now sucks for a lot of reasons. · 2 months ago
My first smartphone was a Windows Phone. I wasn't attracted to iPhones or Android, but WP's UI: simple, informative, useful.
Hard to believe how they modified the live tiles concept to...whatever it is now in Windows 10/11. · 2 months ago
@ruby_witch, one of my friends in college was also a Microsoft Kin enjoyer — he really liked it but had a bit of buyer’s remorse when they discontinued the kin 15 seconds after release 😆 · 2 months ago
I used to have a Microsoft Kin phone, which wasn't *really* a Windows Phone, but it emulated the UI and had a flip-out keyboard. It was fun while it lasted. · 1 second ago · 2 months ago
@platypus_laser, absolutely correct. I especially miss the keyboard haptics and the live tiles. · 2 months ago
Windows phone UI was unparalleled. Every other mobile interface (especially Samsung’s) feels like an afterthought. · 2 months ago