Windows 10 Mobile news recap: HP Elite x3 arrives in stores, Microsoft commits to mobile, market share increases
Windows 10 Mobile news recap: HP Elite x3 arrives in stores, Microsoft commits to mobile, market share increases
Welcome back to our weekly Windows 10 Mobile news recap series, where
we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s
mobile operating system. Let’s get started.
The HP Elite x3 hits the Microsoft Store
The HP Elite x3 has been pretty up in the air recently, with its
release being delayed over and over again. After what seems like
forever, though, the wait may finally be over for people who have been
dying to get their hands on the HP flagship device. The phone is finally listed on the Microsoft Store
and should be shipping right now to those that have pre-ordered. If you
haven’t pre-ordered yet, you can pick the phone up right now from its
Microsoft Store page.
The Pokemon Go Windows Phone app breaks again
Life is tough for the developers of PoGo, the Windows 10 Mobile app
that lets users play Pokemon Go without an iOS or Android device.
Another change to the API of Pokemon Go has made PoGo no longer functional,
so all of the feature additions planned for the app needed to be put on
hold to fix the problem. There’s currently no word on when the issue is
going to be fixed.
The Anniversary Update finally hits the HP Elite x3
Due to some serious bug problems, those who were using the HP Elite
x3 were kept away from the Anniversary Update for quite a while. After
the long wait HP has finally released the Anniversary Update
to their Windows 10 Mobile flagship phone. This coincides pretty
perfectly with the shipping date for the phone, so those who are just
getting their hands on the HP Elite x3 won’t have to wait on the
Anniversary Update when their phone arrives.
Microsoft commits to Windows 10 Mobile… just not the consumer market
These past couple of weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions for
Windows 10 Mobile fans, and Microsoft doesn’t seem to want to calm us
down at all. We got some reassurance about the state of Windows 10
Mobile during Ignite this year with Microsoft promising to “develop great new devices,” but different reports hit not too long after. An interview with the new president of Microsoft France
told us that Microsoft plans to more or less stay out of the consumer
market with Windows 10 Mobile for now, instead focusing on enterprise
customers. While this more or less has been their strategy for a while,
many fans have been hoping for Microsoft to bust out a crowd-pleasing
flagship phone that would magically boost the W10M market share. Not
quite yet, it seems.
Windows 10 Mobile gets a slight boost in market share in September
The latest numbers are out
from NetMarketShare, triggering Microsoft fans to perform their
favorite ritual: Yelling and screaming about numbers. The latest charts
from NetMarketShare show Windows 10 Mobile performing slightly better
than it did last month as far as its claim on the mobile market share is
concerned. Whereas Windows Phone had a 2.30% share of the market in
August, September has it sporting a 2.35% share.
Here’s the build that released this week:
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