Nurhisham Hussein
07-30-2010, 09:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gigaom.com/2010/07/29/its-too-late-for-microsoft-to-build-its-own-handset/' target='_blank'>http://gigaom.com/2010/07/29/its-to...ts-own-handset/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Licensing an operating system in the smartphone space doesn't earn much money, so I understand Bright's point. But the window of opportunity for Microsoft to build its own phone closed down the minute it said it would license Windows Phone 7 to hardware partners."</em></p><p>Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun (now part of GigaOm) disagrees with the Ars Technica article we <a href="http://windowsphonethoughts.com/news/show/99108/another-microsoft-should-make-its-own-phone-article.html" target="_blank">highlighted earlier this week</a>, and he brings up some compelling arguments in his analysis. Worth a look for the different perspective it brings.</p>