Microsoft leaves the Rooms. How will Windows Phone OS users make to do lists? Microsoft is axing a much-loved feature of its Windows Phone OS, Rooms, at short notice. An email sent to users yesterday announced that support is ending next month – long before functionally equivalent replacements are in place. Rooms was introduced with Windows Phone 8 in 2012, and allowed users to chat, share calendars, …
Funny how a feature which would be a very successful product for a start-up, worthy of being valued millions or billions, turns into an also-ran product faced to the global strategy of a big corporation.
Not that Microsoft is alone in doing these types of decision. Apple and Google have both been known to sacrifice products more successful than Rooms to make place for an upcoming great idea.
I am the same, I have used Windows phone since that feature was added and never felt the need to use it, I suspect neither have all the other users hence why MS is killing it off. I think us Brits are more reserved than the Yanks who seem to like to share every f@cking moment of their lives. I'd rather not waste time posting things to my family on my phone I can just walk into the front room and tell them in person!
I think the Verge has it right, being Winphone only is a fatal flaw for any social application. Not fitting the new MS vision of getting their cloudy offerings onto other platforms signed it's death warrant, why try to port it and it's unlovely interface when they have Skype already ported and plans to make it a jack of all trades trojan.
...just a pity my hate for Skype is increasing with every update Microsoft makes. I really didn't need the advertising, or it firing up the browser when it thinks I *really* need to see one.
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