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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
That's more than Apple sold in the same timeframe I think, isn't it? Yet no one considers them "small fry". There's a weird double-standard going on...
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Here's how I see the double standard. Microsoft did a bang up job stealing the hand held PDA business from Palm and morphing it over time into a smartphone in the LAST CENTURY. However, these days, when stock market success is counted in daily wins and losses rather than long term investing, Windows Mobile falls in the camp of "what have you done for me lately?"
As a Windows Mobile user who jumped on board from Palm in 1997, I am disappointed that I have waited so long for version 6.5. To run it, I have to download what is essentially pirated code, build and flash my own ROM to my Touch Diamond.
I recognize it may be difficult for a big company to change course, but c'mon! It's been *years* of the same ol' same ol' code on Windows Mobile. If Microsoft can't show some agility and rapid development schedules, perhaps they need to go the way of the old Palm Pilot and make way for the new smartphone paradigm.
- Oldan