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[The Pleasure]

Microsoft makes some very good mouses and keyboards. One of my favorite was the Microsoft Trackball Explorer Mouses they made back in the late 90s. Felt great had good weight and had a lot of good buttons. Twenty years later? Gone. Expensive as hell to find a used one.

More recently I was using a Microsoft keyboard for my tablet and phone. I got it back in 2012 with my Samsung S3 or a Samsung OLED tablet. I found this keyboard on clearance at a target for about 30 bucks. Cool. My girlfriend takes it with her and I'm like "I'll just get another one" Not at best buy, walmart, target, office depot, staples. It just did a poochie and went back to its home planet. 50 bucks used, 150 new for something that was 30-40 new.

Chris Rock had it right. Anything good just dies never to be seen again. Tupac Gone, Biggie, Gone, Vanilla Ice still alive. Microsoft Trackballs gone, tablet keyboards? Gone. Windows phones that didn't spy on me unlike Android? Gone. Zune? Gone.

 

[godhandiscen]

Because the hardware division was one of those businesses in which they got into without much of a vision.

Microsoft needs to shrink a bit and focus on the things they excel at.

 

[TDiddyLive]

The Zune HD was such a great little device. I loved that thing.

 

[Durask]

I liked Windows Phone interface - the tiles seemed much more logical than the ios/android interface that dates back to Palm Pilot days.

 

[Kimahri]

I still can't use iphone or android devices without getting frustrated. Windows Phone was too intuitive and sensible in use for its own good. It ruined me, and I can't go back to the awful alternatives.

I'd compare it to firefox before and after that new, horrible update.

 

[The Pleasure]

I still can't use iphone or android devices without getting frustrated. Windows Phone was too intuitive and sensible in use for its own good. It ruined me, and I can't go back to the awful alternatives.

I'd compare it to firefox before and after that new, horrible update.

I loved windows phone. I used them since windows ce which was 2003? Then mobile 5, mobile 6 and windows phone 8 and 10. They always moved faster than android with less specs.