Windows Phone
operating system for mobile devices created by Microsoft
Windows Phone (formerly Windows Mobile) is a discontinued operating system from Microsoft for mobile phones. It's still less popular than Android and iOS.[source?] The last version of Windows Phone, which is Windows Phone 10 is unsupported since December 10, 2019, while Windows Phone 10 version 1709 is unsupported since January 10, 2023 (for paid Extended Security Update (ESU) programs).
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Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
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Written in | C, C++[1] |
OS family | Windows |
Working state | Unsupported |
Source model | Closed-source |
Initial release | |
Latest release | Windows 10 Mobile / March 17, 2016 |
Available in | 25+ languages[2] |
Package manager | Zune Software, Windows Phone App, Windows Phone Store, xap on Windows Phone 8 and later |
Platforms | Qualcomm Snapdragon (based on ARMv7) |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Windows CE) (Windows Phone 7) Hybrid (Windows NT) (Windows Phone 8) |
Default user interface | Graphical (Metro UI) |
License | Commercial proprietary software |
Official website | www |
References
change- ↑ Lextrait, Vincent (February 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0". Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ↑ Petersen, Palle (June 20, 2012). "Windows Phone 8 announced today: will support 50 languages". Microsoft Language Portal Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ↑ Burns, Chris (August 29, 2012). "Windows Phone 8 launch date tipped for October". SlashGear. R3 Media LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2012.