Thursday, May 26, 2016

PayPal abandons Windows Phone, Blackberry and Kindle Fire – The Republic

STILL a problem for mobile devices Microsoft and for those targati Blackberry. The popular PayPal payment system announced the permanent abandonment of their apps for Windows Phone, the operating system of the company of Redmond, which yesterday announced new layoffs in the smartphone industry.

The PayPal will also disposal of BlackBerry and Kindle Fire, other two platforms that occupy international non huge market share. The company will focus all efforts solely on versions for iOS and Android.

According to the latest figures from Gartner, Windows Phone dropped below the threshold of 1%, with nearly 2.4 million units sold in the first quarter of 2016, in fact, reached a 0.7% market share.

“That of dropping support the implementation of PayPal on these mobile platforms has been a difficult decision – explains PayPal – but we believe it is the right thing to do, because we’ll be able to invest more resources in creating user experiences for our customers even better. We apologize for any inconvenience that this decision could have on our customers. “

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PayPal
Mobile
windows phone
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