Microsoft launched MS-DOS for Windows Phone smartphones to take us back where productivity started for millions of people. Microsoft is taking us back to the old times when there was no Windows. This MS-DOS app is an amazing experience for the people who remember the time before Windows. Even if you didn’t use DOS ever, you should download and try it.
Daniel Glass, who led design on the project, said:
“Turning our back on graphics was hugely liberating. We’ve dropped the resolution, and in doing so re-discovered our roots.”
“The inspiration for the graphical design is Courier New meets film noir.”
Tom Messett, from the marketing team at Microsoft Lumia, said:
“MS-DOS Mobile allows us to look proudly back, while at the same time moving us defiantly forwards.”
“It’s simple, effective productivity re-imagined through the medium of DOS. “
You can simply explore the device by using the dir command like in DOS. There is a camera.exe file in the programs folder which will let you take ASCII selfie. Moreover you can type HELP command to see a list of commands to explore it even more.