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Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Mobile Will Continue Past July 29 (thurrott.com)
Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrott writes: After I asked about whether the free upgrade for Windows 10 Mobile would end on July 29 as it is for Windows 10 for PCs, Microsoft's Dona Sarkar clarified the firm's evolving strategy: The Windows 10 Mobile upgrade will now continue to be free past the end of the month. "So, the free upgrade to Windows 10 ends for Windows phones on July 29, too. Right?" I tweeted yesterday morning, seeking clarification for a reader who had asked me this question. After all, Microsoft had said nothing about the expiration of the free Mobile upgrade since last year. "Clarification from this morning," Ms. Sakar tweeted later in the day. "The free upgrade offer for PC ends on July 29 but as always there are no implications or cost on phone." Hm. Not sure about the "as always" bit, as Microsoft's plans for the free Windows 10 Mobile upgrade have changed repeatedly since the firm announced this upgrade in January 2015. And over time, many of these changes enraged users who had believed earlier promises. You may recall that the original plan was to upgrade all Windows Phone 8.1 handsets to Windows 10 Mobile ... for the first year only. But over time, that changed. It was going to be all handsets with at least 1 GB of RAM. And then it was going to be some subset of handsets sold over the previous two years, but not the Lumia Icon for some reason.
We have always been at war with Eurasia. In other news, chocolate rations are going up!
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Yay free. Everyone likes free stuff. Look at all the intense negotiations occurring at garage sales.... because 25 cents for that blender was just too fucking much
Free upgrades to Linux, BSD or whatever flavor will be available for quite some time longer.
Has any mobile OS provider, Microsoft included, ever charged for a software update/upgrade? I have never heard of that happening. I think thats what he meant by "as always".
I have a windows 8 laptop around. Although I have refused to upgrade so far, I am tempted to upgrade before July 29. Is there any catch that I am not aware of ?
I would upgrade solely to get longer support before EOL. When is Windows 8 EOL planned? ;-)
Thanks in advance everybody,
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
Microsoft's PR has been "Look! We've converted all these people to this awesome new OS!", however, the only reason half those numbers are legal (cough), is because it's free.
If it wasn't, those would be pirated copies.
This isn't really their wheelhouse anymore for revenue. This is the "gateway drug" of the their business model.
Free upgrades to Windows 10 won't go away. They will issue a press release about extending desktop upgrades, then eventually let the news fizzle out until no one cares, then remove the "limited time" part of the deal.
Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Mobile Will Continue... whether you want it or not.
It has always been obvious that the free Windows 10 has nothing whatsoever to do with Windows 10 Mobile, nobody pays for updates to their phones? Like ever?
I've got an HTC One M8, and it's capable of running Windows 10, but Verizon hasn't pushed down the update to my phone, yet. I'd prefer it if Microsoft could do an end run around the carriers so that we could get the updates.
I don't respond to AC's.
"The free upgrades to Windows 10 will continue until morale improves."
The people I know who are holding out are doing so because of the lack of Media Center. How hard can it be for a corporation with Microsoft's resources to just recompile the thing and slipstream it in?
palm os 4.X? did at least for a limited time.
And here I thought we would be done with this drama and nonsense from Microsoft at the end of this month.
The 10 upgrade stops being free, but MS persists in its campaign to pester uses into upgrading, even resorting to devious techniques to force them to do so. This repugnant company will do so if it can get away with it.
With all the gaping security holes in Windows 10, including the ability for them to remotely take control of any computer running it at any time like any good malware can, what if Microsoft really is just building a gigantic botnet for whatever reason? Could this, for real, be a precursor to some sort of gigantic cyber-attack? A bid to take over (or destroy) entire nations? Crash the Internet in general? Hack and take over nuclear arsenals, launch missiles, start World War 3? Think about it: they's certainly have the distributed computing power to do it already, wouldn't they? Also enough computing power to either break into or disable any computers on the 'net that aren't part of the Windows 10-based botnet.
Microsoft probably gave away too much to the carriers just to get their phones in their stores and on their networks. They probably have a much harder time getting the carriers to accept end-around updates.
Only 20 more days until I can run windows update again!
Are people out there still using Windows Mobile? :)
I like that part
no implications or cost on phone.
Almost like there are going to be implications or costs on PC.....
Have you ever fallen asleep at the keybhanusdiog?
Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Mobile whether you want it or not... will continue
FTFY
Oh no, when will this nightmare end ?
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Sarkar was heard muttering "The beatings will continue until morale improves."
(Score: -1, Stupid)
For at least portable devices one must purchase network time through Microsoft. Win10 > Under all files > Microsoft WiFi > is this ToS, it's not a link but a local file.
X:/Program Files/WindowsApps/Microsoft.ConnectivityStore_1.1604.4.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe/TermsOfService/en-US/TermsOfService.htm
Found by clicking on the lone title of "additional terms" - It's a pretty good read, below and the third party abilities only confirms Win10 as spyware.
"SERVICE . After you select a Service plan and buy it, you will be connected automatically whenever you’re near an access point that provides the Service (and is within the country in which you originally purchased the Service plan) and you have time remaining on your plan. Your connectivity begins immediately after you buy a Service plan through the Windows Store and ends at the specified expiration time, regardless of how long you are actually connected to the Service. You cannot save time for later. You must actively maintain your connection and you must be within range of an access point that provides the Service in order to stay connected. If (i) your usage remains on standby; (ii) your usage is inactive; (iii) or your Service plan has expired, your connection may be terminated. Microsoft reserves the right to terminate your connection following any extended period of inactivity."
Verizon just got the 10 upgrade for the Lumia 735, but older ones, like the Icon, are ignored. Same may well be the case with HTC M8