Microsofts joe belfiore on the future of windows and. Microsofts windows 10 mobile has failed to make an impact on the smartphone market. By joe belfiore today im excited to share more details about project spartan, the new browser we are introducing in windows project spartan will be available across the windows 10 device it is fast, compatible, and built for the modern project spartan is. Joe belfiore uses an iphone windows central forums. Its okay that joe belfiore is using an iphone the verge. Microsoft corporate vice president joe belfiore, a key member of the windows team, is planning to take a leave of absence starting in november. A transcript of remarks by steve ballmer, chief executive officer, and joe belfiore, corporate vice president, windows phone program management, new york, ny, oct. First of all i believe the windows team is on the right track. He confirmed that microsoft is not giving up on windows phone but it will continue to focus.
Joe belfiore, corporate vice president, windows, microsoft, delivers a keynote address at the build 2017 conference in seattle. Hi, im joe belfiore from the windows phone team ama. Dear team, i felt sad when joe belfiore announced officially in october 2017 the end of the development of the windows phone os. Microsofts joe belfiore is not using windows phone anymore. Microsofts corporate vice president for windows, joe belfiore, has clarified his companys stance with windows 10 mobile and what its currently doing in the mobile space. Almost a year ago, joe belfiore took a break from microsoft to go on a 9months long holiday with his family. Joe belfiore angers users with response to windows 10 mobile abandonment microsofts decision to neglect windows 10 mobile its plans for a link.
Corporate vice president of windows 10 and head of microsofts pctabletphone division, joe belfiore, said on twitter sunday that microsoft will continue to support windows 10 mobile with bug. In an interview with business insider, belfiore confirmed that the company hasnt turned its back on the windows phone and will continue its support for the fallen mobile os. Joe belfiore is a corporate vice president in the experiences and devices division at microsoft. On tuesday, joe belfiore, the corporate vice president of microsofts operating.
Microsofts joe belfiore has just confirmed that windows 10 mobile is never going to get new features as the company has given up on its mobile platform. Microsofts joe belfiore shows off a bit of what may be the upcoming design for the start screen at the event. Getting in contact with joe belfiore microsoft community. I would like to discuss about the of windows 10 phone and bringing back exwindows users. Bloomberg microsoft has made it clear the company has no intention to work on new features or hardware for windows 10 mobile. Joe belfiore has finally admitted what we have all known for some time.
Corporate vice president of windows phone program management joe belfiore gives us a full demo of the announcements this is it. Follow along as we leave work and school in the seattlearea for a fourmonth journey around the world. Joe belfiore officially states windows 10 mobile is in maintenance mode weve been waiting for this announcement for years, so at this point, it m ore or less feels like a formality. A couple of surface phone revelations came out of the recent bug bash that microsoft recently held for windows 10 fall creators update. Belfiore being attached to the same goals makes sense since windows, edge and devices remain central to the microsoft success story. Matthijs hoekstra, the senior program manager for windows enterprise developer platform at.
Microsofts corporate vice president for windows, joe belfiore admitted that because of the app gap, he had to ditch his windows phone. Joe belfiore leakes on a microsoft teched europe keynote some images of windows phone 10 ans one note here the video. Joe belfiore has discussed a little about the future of windows phone and microsofts mobile business. Joe belfiore, the face of microsofts windows phone, has today posted a photo from his holiday in japan and, shockingly, its come from an iphone. Joe belfiore will take an extended leave from microsoft. For the past few years, microsoft has meaningfully increased participation in the open source software oss community, becoming one of the worlds largest supporters of oss today were announcing that we intend to adopt the chromium open source project in read more. This year at mix 11 windows phone 7 made some big news.
Microsoft announces new windows 10 for phones video demo. Windows mobiles most dedicated fans have long since held on hope that microsoft would be planning something for mobile soon, but as belfiore clarifies here, new features. However, joe belfiore, who took a yearlong break from microsoft, had something else to say about the future of windows phone and microsofts mobile business. Joe belfiore, microsofts very own veep for windows, confirms on twitter that building new featureshw arent the focus anymore, as far as windows 10 mobile and microsoft is concerned. Admittedly, it is the version with a microsoft twist, but windows users. Windows 10 mobile wont ever receive new features, says.
Joe belfiore admits windows phone is dead only bug. Microsofts corporate vice president for windows used twitter to make it clear that windows. I was inspired by this subreddit to dust of my hp elite x3 and sign back into my microsoft account to download all my old apps. Joe belfiore was supposed to be back at microsoft by the end of summer. I switched platforms for the apphw diversity, he said. I sat down with microsofts joe belfiore and shilpa ranganathan at build this week to get a better understanding of the companys crossdevice. When directly asked if its time to leave the windows mobile platform, joes response was a. In this video, cvp joe belfiore goes over the headlines and gives us several demos. Microsofts joe belfiore has confirmed this in a post today, adding that the new video, which will most likely showcase all the new features in windows 10 for phones, will go live in. Windows 10 in s mode coming soon to all editions of.
Id wager serious money that if a top apple exec were using a windows phone that many of those here saying meh, no big deal would be whooping it up with glee about that. The windows phone s last hope joe belfiore is now using a samsung galaxy s8 microsoft edition. Especially when youre the face of microsofts windows phone and youre caught tweeting with an iphone. Joe belfiore says building new windows phone features. Joe belfiore angers users with response to windows 10. Its where microsoft has the most control, and its where cortana. As you can see on the video above, the start screenlike ui on an app looks a lot similar to the windows 88. Belfiore was in charge of the windows xp user interface effort yes, xp, then moved to media center, and led the group that designed the windows phone ui. Belfiore is out there hawking windows phones and how great they are, how they do things that no other phone can do, and yet when he has the choice to use any phone he wants. Windows 10 mobile and new hardware no longer a focus. Joe belfiore clarifies microsofts position on windows. The information directly comes from joe belfiore, microsofts corporate vice president for windows. Its familiar, comes with exciting new innovations like cortana. He also mentioned in his tweet, that they will support others, also, who would like to replace the os on the current phone.
Joe belfiore vp of operating systems confirmed on twitter that microsoft is. Microsofts joe belfiore says windows 10 cumulative updates are just what we need softpedia upgrade path, versions and previous ms os versions. When directly asked if its time to leave the windows mobile platform, joe s response was a nuanced yes. Joe belfiore apparently back at microsoft mspoweruser. None other than longtime microsoft executive and the man who once championed the windows phone platform, joe belfiore, took out a 140character stake on sunday and jammed it through windows. Microsofts corporate vice president for windows, joe belfiore, has today clarified the companys stance with windows 10 mobile and what its currently doing in the mobile space. Joe belfiore gets you started on windows 10 for phones. Microsofts joe belfiore showed us the new windows phone start screen, which matches that of. Microsoft to belfiore, windows 10 is the center of that graph, which he calls a partnership between devices and the cloud. Two surface phone variants all but confirmed by microsoft. Joe belfiore, a man close to the windows phone platform, uses an android powered samsung galaxy s8 as his daily smartphone. He manages the essential products group and is responsible for the design and software product definition of windows 10, microsoft edge, onenote, mobility experiences for androidios ms launcher, edge, onenote, wunderlisttodo, mileiq etc. Microsofts joe belfiore has a piece of advice for existing windows phone and windows 10 mobile users.
Learn about all the reasons youll love the new windows 10 available as a free upgrade on july 29th. Joe belfiore, the corporate vice president for operating systems group at microsoft, and one of the leading forces behind windows phone and windows 10. For the first time, microsoft has showed us what windows 10 will look like on future windows phones. In what hardcore windows phone fans have wanted for a long time, microsofts joe belfiore, corporate vice president in the operating systems group, has. Microsofts corporate vp joe belfiore discusses the future of the company duration. Windows 10 mobile gets its final death sentence cnet. The smartphone is powered by android and comes with microsoft apps such as office, arrow launcher. Microsofts joe belfiore admits windows 10 mobile is dead. Microsoft windows vet joe belfiore taking extended leave. Joe belfiore leaks the first images of windows phone 10. Change windows 10 phone to android on microsoft lumia 650. Back from the sea, joe belfiore is ready to help microsoft win. Joe belfiore says windows 10 cumulative updates are just what we need in windows 10 news read more.
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