This seems to ignore everyone's struggle to compete with Apple and Samsung at the high-end and the bloodbath at the zero margin low end. HTC seems in a best ca

This seems to ignore everyone's struggle to compete with Apple and Samsung at the high-end and the bloodbath at the zero margin low end. HTC seems in a best case scenario position compared to Nokia - they have well respected hardware, a good name, and are established/experienced partners with the dominant mobile platform - yet they're losing money. RIM are probably more analogous to Nokia when Elop took over - a reputation for great hardware but maintaining a dying/technologically stagnant platform with too hazy promises of something better tomorrow - and their experience, even with a steadier strategy, says that Nokia might not have had any win-win options.