{"id":32749,"date":"2014-07-18T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T07:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=32749"},"modified":"2014-07-18T07:36:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T07:36:39","slug":"microsoft-calls-end-to-android-nokia-x-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/microsoft-calls-end-to-android-nokia-x-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft calls end to Android Nokia X smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"
Microsoft is to stop developing Android-powered smartphones beyond those already available, the BBC understands.<\/p>\n
Nokia X models will now become part of the Lumia range and run the Windows Phone operating system, although existing Android handsets will continue to be supported.<\/p>\n
The move comes as Microsoft announced 18,000 job cuts across its workforce.<\/p>\n
The tech firm acquired Nokia’s handset division earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Nokia unveiled its first family of Android phones at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona in February.<\/p>\n
The release of the smartphones, which were priced at the lower end of the market, was described as a “perplexing strategic move” at the time, given that Microsoft had its own mobile operating system, Windows Phone.<\/p>\n