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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Additionally, let us not forget that Microsoft has been trying, and trying repeatedly for years (more a decade) to try, and fail, to beat the leading brand of mobile device--even when Palm was the leading device and sales floundered, Windows Mobile devices didn't really take off. Nobody wanted it even when they had the best opportunity to take over. Apple quickly came in and took that away. Nokia is siding itself with a proven historic loser in the mobile space. I won't EVEN start explaining how well Zune did compared to iPod, Sansa or anyone else in the portable music devices. Microsoft has a history showing that they can't really make a "cool" or catchy device people want.
You have heard about HTC? Previously they were an OEM making phones with a variety of names, but not just any phone, they were making phones using Windows Mobile. In fact that was the core business idea for HTC; make phones and pads that could be used the way people use a desktop PC. And they succeeded. They started with nothing and today they are one of the leading brands, thanks to Windows CE. Of course, Android has boosted the company big time during the last couple of years.