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The handset makers are hedging their bets with Android because they know Microsoft is interested in producing their own first party phone. When this happens it'
by jsz0 17y ago
The handset makers are hedging their bets with Android because they know Microsoft is interested in producing their own first party phone. When this happens it's likely Windows Mobile will become Microsoft's only licensed handset OS and will be neglected and forgotten in quick succession. Microsoft's handset would probably run a new, non-licensable, OS. The rumors that Microsoft's phone project is in trouble are non-sense. They could slap a dial-pad on the Zune software and ship a product in 6 months or less. It's definitely going to happen.
- mwerty 17y ago> They could slap a dial-pad on the Zune software and ship a product in 6 months or less. I'm guessing you have not worked there.
- jsz0 17y agoNope. As an outsider it seems the Zune group is allowed some autonomy from the typical Microsoft mismanagement process. The Zune HD for example is arguably the most advanced hardware platform for any DAP on the market right now so its development process must have been fast tracked.