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Microsoft Stops Pushing Notifications To Windows 7 and 8 Phones (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the great-riddance dept.

The end of Microsoft's Windows Phone project has been a long time coming, and now there's another nail in the coffin. From a report: Microsoft is ending support for all push notifications for Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8.0 starting Tuesday, February 20th. According to Microsoft's blog post, in addition to the discontinuation of push notifications, live tiles will no longer be updated and the find my phone feature will not work. It's important to note that this doesn't apply to newer devices.

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  1. Old versions? by DogDude · · Score: 4, Informative

    So they're discontinuing a minor feature on old versions of Windows Phone. Why would that mean that "the end of Windows Phone" is coming? They're still actively supporting Windows Phone 10.

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    1. Re:Old versions? by jareth-0205 · · Score: 3, Informative

      So they're discontinuing a minor feature on old versions of Windows Phone. Why would that mean that "the end of Windows Phone" is coming? They're still actively supporting Windows Phone 10.

      Eh? They're discontinuing a central feature (push messages) of some of their smartphones. On their old devices, but not that old. Windows Phone 8 was still being sold in 2013.

  2. Like the death of Windows Mobile by Hal_Porter · · Score: 4, Informative

    Back in 2011 when I had a Windows Mobile phone they sent out this rather sad email

    From: Microsoft
    Date: 9 June 2011 at 04:23
    Subject: Shut-Down of Windows Marketplace for Mobile and My Phone
    To: Hellacious Bastard Porter <hal.b.porter@porterindustries.com> *
     
    Shut-down of Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site and My Phone Service Notification
     
    June 8, 2011
    Dear Windows Mobile 6.x customer:
     
    Microsoft will be discontinuing the My Phone service for Windows Mobile 6.x. We will also be discontinuing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site. Because you may be affected, please review the details below:
     
    Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site To Be Discontinued
     
    The Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site at http://marketplace.windowsphone.com/ will no longer be available starting on July 15, 2011. After July 15, 2011, you will no longer be able to browse, buy or download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x phones via the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site.
     
    The Windows Marketplace for Mobile service will continue to be available on your phone, however. You will continue to be able to browse, buy and download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x on your phone.
     
    My Phone To Be Discontinued

    They killed those off so they could replace them with the Windows Phone equivalents. Now those are being killed off too. This is Microsoft's way of telling people not to invest in their platforms, technologies or APIs. Mind you I never actually bought anything from the marketplace, Windows Mobile was more of a 'find hacked .cab files and roms on dodgy websites' type of OS, and My Phone was a free cloud backup service.

    * Some names and email addresses have been changed to protect the the guilty.

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