i'm fine with there being no MS Phone. WinMo is something they should focus on making better so even more third-party phones can support and use it. If Microsoft made their own phone, it's like taking your ball and going home. It's literally going into business for yourself - and with that kind of move, you'd see providers either pull support from Windows Mobile - or MS would look really stupid if their own hardware had more problems running its own OS than the other guys.
Letting other companies adopt Windows Mobile for their devices is about as close as Microsoft will ever get to being "open," but from my view it's a much better option than throwing walls up around yourself and controlling every little aspect of HW/SW/online capabilities.
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i'm fine with there being no MS Phone. WinMo is something they should focus on making better so even more third-party phones can support and use it.
If Microsoft made their own phone, it's like taking your ball and going home. It's literally going into business for yourself - and with that kind of move, you'd see providers either pull support from Windows Mobile - or MS would look really stupid if their own hardware had more problems running its own OS than the other guys.
Letting other companies adopt Windows Mobile for their devices is about as close as Microsoft will ever get to being "open," but from my view it's a much better option than throwing walls up around yourself and controlling every little aspect of HW/SW/online capabilities.