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2000 - 2010
Windows Mobile
“Windows Mobile brought a Windows-associated computing environment to Pocket PCs and smartphones.”
- Birth year
- 2000
- Shutdown year
- 2010
- Lifespan
- 10 years
- Peak era
- Company
- Microsoft
- Category
- Mobile
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What Was It?
Windows Mobile brought a Windows-associated computing environment to Pocket PCs and smartphones. Menus, applications, and handheld organization linked the devices with an existing desktop world.
This entry marks the original platform's transition toward Windows Phone, not the exact end of support for every device or operating-system version bearing its name.
The Story
- 2000 The product era documented here begins in 2000. Windows Mobile brought a Windows-associated computing environment to Pocket PCs and smartphones.
- 2010 Windows Phone replaced Windows Mobile as Microsoft’s new phone-platform direction in 2010. Support for older releases continued separately.
How It Died
Windows Phone replaced Windows Mobile as Microsoft’s new phone-platform direction in 2010. Support for older releases continued separately.
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