I think it's perfectly reasonable to sell a cell phone OS to the carriers. If consumers like it, they'll buy it, and the carriers will absorb the cost. Sure, th

I think it's perfectly reasonable to sell a cell phone OS to the carriers. If consumers like it, they'll buy it, and the carriers will absorb the cost. Sure, that cost will be passed on the the consumers somehow, but not necessarily in a "windows phones cost more than android phones" way. All it needs to do to compete successfully with Android is to be more polished, responsive & bug-free (don't get me wrong, I like Android, but those are it's shortfalls.) Plus, it's still going to be much more open/cheaper than the iPhone OS, which is it's more important competitor (from a market share perspective).