I am sure microsoft is going nowhere... in asia and developing countries..... nokia trumps everyone. Staying in the us you guys know nothing about the dominance of nokia. Every second phone in asia is a nokia and people are so used to the interface and the ruggedness and relaibility they are not going to buy anything else.

Its only in the us it did not get a strong hold.....that is because of the nature of the stupid carriers.
And apple is nowhere near nokia in innovation. Mobile phones are where they are just because of nokia. In fact nokia came up with the idea of the wide screen touchscreen 7710 way back in 2004. It had pretty much everything the iphone had and more but it was bit sluggish. As it is nokia is known for its ruggedness, dependebility and call quality. I think it left the touch screen cause just because they were not as rugged as the regular phones and went with the non touch screen phones. That was a bad decision and now it has been awakened by apple. Now with the public announcement by nokia saying that they are going in full steam with apple... lets see if apple can hold on to nokia.