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Any way MS spins the release of WM7 as being "on track" for a 2009 release doesn't matter. IMO WM7 would be late even if phones appeared magically with WM7 on them TODAY. Those phones would still be behind the iPhone and android based phones in customer facing features and UI/App/HW integration.
I'm disappointed at the laisez faire attitude MS is having towards the cell (smart) phone OS market when two major competitors (Apple and Google) have leapt in, Blackberry has surged, and when the overall non-phone PDA market which MS dominates has shrivelled to almost nothing.
It's as if MS just looked at Palm being their main competitor and once Palm self destructed, MS just rested on their laurels.
This is coming from an exclusively MS smartphone owner... the lure of the iPhone is taking a lot of effort to resist, especially after the addition of 3G, GPS, third party apps and activesync.
Call me a conspiracy nut, but the delay says "zunephone in 2009" to me. ;-) (Half in jest and half serious)
Microsoft has shown that they're willing to screw their partners already (most recently with the playsforsure vs. Zune thing).
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