The End of Windows Mobile/Phone Just Leaves More Questions

With posts like this, it seems that Microsoft is starting to publicly acknowledge the end for Windows Phone/Mobile.

So should we just shut up and move on? It's not that clear-cut. There are still some things to consider.

If you've built Phone/Win10Mobile apps that doesn't mean you should abandon them. If you still have users keep serving them while it makes sense to do so.

Windows isn't dead. It's part of three areas that cover the broad spectrum of computing that Microsoft support.

There's Azure for Web/Cloud. There's Xamarin for X-Platform Mobile development. There's UWP for everything else (PC, Gaming, IOT, & more)

This still leaves lots of questions/thinking points.

Questions specific to the Windows app ecosystem:

• What, exactly, does "not the focus" mean?
• Will anything be done to push the consumer focus of UWP apps?
• Will the mobile version of Windows 10 ever go away?
• What about small tablets? Will they ever be a thing? And, if so what version of Win10 would they run?
• What about Windows on ARM?
• Will we see greater investment and support for UWP and Xamarin? So there's a single solution for client apps on all platforms?

Broader questions:

• Is it good that there are only 2 mobile platforms (iOS & Android) out there?
• Are there other mobile platforms that could make a challenge or drive innovation?
• How important are devices other than the portable computers we carry in our pockets?
• Will anything ever come of "continuum" style devices where a mobile can become a PC or it becomes your personal, portable storage, and identity?
• Will people ever get over the silver bullet idea of "write once, run everywhere" (with no specialist knowledge or extra effort required)?
• When will offline web support be good enough we can all just use the web all the time?
• How will Microsoft's push for AR/VR/MR with dedicated devices sit with so many other platforms building solutions on top of mobile?
• Does any of this really matter?

One of the joys of technology is that there are always more questions.....