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Even a Zune phone - not "true" WM device would probably be a mistake.
They would alienate their WM partners with such a move, since even the dumbest Zune phone would eventually evolve into much smarter device competing with WM devices.
At the end the only one benefiting from that would be Google and Android, as HTC would put much more of their efforts and resources towards Android devices and not WM devices. And for what is worth while G1 looks OK, Touch Diamond/PRO/HD still look better and have better features, but I'm sure HTC can quickly catch up the WM devices with Android if they choose to.
And not only that, but by first "screwing" MP3 manufacturers and possibly doing the same with mobile phones, I guess Dell, HP, Asus, Acer... would start wandering when Microsoft would do the same and "go Apple" also in Windows/Intel space...
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