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	ysss	2010-07-21 , 16:13
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Originally Posted by mrojas

What other cause could be? The Nexus One didn't sell as well as Google expected, worst even with HTC getting similar handsets subsidized through carriers.

The Kin didn't sell well either (due to being handicapped by Microsoft own incompetence); a featurephone priced like a smartphone. Market again.

I actually liked the article. After so much Apple Kool-aid in the news, some Nokia Kool-aid doesn't hurt.

The Kin was a clause completion for Danger purchase. I know I'll get some !@#! for citing engadget, but read it yourself:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/l...-inside-story/

Google is a global software & services company. They've consistently proven to prefer having local/regional partners to do unnecessary (& less profitable) legworks than to do it themselves, leaving them to focus on their core stuff (look up their bandwidth rentals). Sure there are exceptions; but this isn't it.

But yeah, the more perspectives thrown on an interesting issue the better.

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