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Yes, WinMo was still being used in the enterprise, mainly in industrial PDAs, but definitely not in the consumer market. I think that the main reason why Micro
by xeeeeeeeeeeenu 9y ago
Yes, WinMo was still being used in the enterprise, mainly in industrial PDAs, but definitely not in the consumer market.
I think that the main reason why Microsoft decided to drop compatibility with WinMo (apart from small marketshare) was the fact that it was using extremely outdated UI conventions.
Almost all Windows Mobile apps were designed to be used with a stylus. Tiny widgets, small fonts etc. There was no place for that in the post-iPhone-launch world.
Benefits from creating new OS from scratch outweighted value added by compatibility with an outdated platform.