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Originally Posted by inteller
Microsoft has this TODAY, but the EFFIN carriers won't let them put it on the phone. ATT for instance EXPLICITLY stripped Windows Live Mobile from the WM6 phones it carries. If I were Microsoft I would start saying FU to the carriers just like Apple did to ATT and put whatever they want on the phone.
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I've been a strong advocate of that since Apple released the iPhone.
If Apple got that sweet deal, why didn't Microsoft, do the same? Especially now that they own Danger (though those reasons still are perfectly clear if they aren't going to put Windows Mobile on the device).
Even if they simply sold the phone from their own website it would be better than being hamstrung for the immediate release of WinMo 6.1 by the carriers who have their own agenda to worry about.
Heck, they don't even have to sell a phone, just offer every software upgrade straight from Microsoft.
I can understand working in partnership with partners but a free upgrade for everything from 6.0 to 6.9. I can understand Windows Mobile 7 needed an upgrade to phone specs but ....
Anyway, I digress.
Let's just leave it at I agree with Inteller.