Microsoft Delays Its New Surface Mobile Device, Possibly Kills It Off for Good

Microsoft was expected to launch the highly-anticipated Surface Andromeda mobile device later this year, but according to a report, not only that this isn’t likely to happen, but the project could be discontinued entirely.

The reason is as simple as it could be: the software to power such a device isn’t ready just yet, and Microsoft wants to reconsider plans for such ambitious projects before giving the go-ahead.

ZDNet cites unnamed sources as saying that Andromeda operating system code won’t be ready for the Redstone 5 update due in the fall for Windows 10, and at this point, it’s unknown whether it’d be included in Redstone 6 either. Windows 10 Redstone 6 is projected to go live in the spring of 2019.

Scheduling and quality are two of the reasons invoked for holding back the device, and Microsoft can hardly find “a compelling reason” to push the existing design ... (read more)

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