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Windows Mobile will never regain its old glory until they adopt software updates.
Google, RIM, and Apple all allow updates on older hardware to the newer OSes. For the most part, with Windows Mobile, you have to buy a new device.
Who wants to buy a new device every time an OS upgrade happens?
I've had WinMo devices from HTC, Audiovox, Toshiba (yep I go way back), Dell, and HP, and despite the infinite promises of firmware updates, I never got one on ANY of the devices when a new version of the OS came out (point-releases not withstanding) and that's a real problem. Not everyone is a geek and not everyone buys a new device at each new OS revision.
Sorry, but that's the big hangup and until that gets fixed, WinMo is gonna keep hurting. They're not dead. Far from it. But Microsoft's mismanagement and undelivered promises on the platform are going to kill it if things don't change.
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Current Apple Stuff: 24" iMac, iPhone 4, AppleTV (original), 4gb Shuffle, 64gb iPad 2.
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