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You may opt-out by clicking here Edit Story Jul 12, 2017, 07:38pm EDT Windows Phone Is Dead, Long Live Microsofts Smartphone Dream Ewan Spence Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.

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Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Microsofts mobile operating system has left the building.

But the final glimmer of support from its parent is now extinguished.

Microsoft delivered the twenty-four months of support for this cycle of Windows Phone 8, although as Steve Litchfield highlights on All About Windows Phone, the OS has not seen any updates to the operating system for over two years and there has been a quiet but not highly promoted push to have users update their handsets to Windows 10 Mobile.

Although labeled as mobile it is an edition of Windows 10 and is part of the Microsofts unified approach to providing Windows over multiple devices.

Users moving up to Windows 10 Mobile from Windows Phone will discover many of the applications that stopped supporting Windows Phone over the last year are available after updating the OS.

But unfortunately in the era of apps and web services requiring a significant user base Windows Phone never picked up the critical mass of users required.

These bring users into Microsofts cloud-based ecosystem and each new service used increases the utility of Redmonds cloud.

While Windows 10 Mobile offers an operating system for the smartphone generation, Microsofts mobile ambitions have moved on from the pure OS play.

Ewan Spence I am known for my strong views on mobile technology, online media, and the effect this has on the public conscious and existing businesses.

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