Microsoft Vice President Qiao Beifeng: The Office team really hasn't forgotten Windows Phone users

This is a fact that no one, even Windows Phone users themselves, will deny: all software developers in the world do not give Windows Phone users preferential treatment, not even Microsoft, the Windows leader. Take Office as an example: Windows Phone Office may be the most difficult Office to use on all mobile operating systems in the world...

Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president of Microsoft's operating system group and Windows Phone planning and management department, recently posted a brief New Year's greeting on his Sina Weibo account. In this greeting, he hopes that Windows Phone users will not be anxious, and Microsoft will release a new WP version of Office before the Chinese New Year.

He also revealed that this new version will include some "localized" functions and features designed by the Office China team specifically for Chinese users. This may be why the congratulatory message was posted on Weibo, a Chinese social networking site, and also revealed his new Chinese name.

China has always been an important market for Nokia in the past era of feature phones. When Nokia entered the WP era, Chinese users' fond memories of Nokia became one of the most important assets of the brand, and China became a major consumer market for its WP phones. At present, low-end and mid-range WP phones still have a certain market position in China, and this position has been inherited by Microsoft from Nokia. However, due to the obvious efforts of WP's main competitor, the Android camp, and the fact that the software on WP is too bad, the market for WP phones has now been completely eaten up by Android.

How much will a new version of Office with features designed specifically for the Chinese market help? How much will a personal message from a Microsoft vice president on Weibo help? How much will a new Microsoft Windows Phone released in China help? These questions are still not easy to answer.

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