If someone doesn't agree with you it doesn't mean they are a shill.
This isn't Slashdot!
Maybe, but sometimes this is the simplest explanation to a well-timed explosion of PR-like, blatantly untrue, astroturfish and "loltastic" statements.
Nokia is a failure in the smartphone business, only out-failed by Blackberry at the moment. Microsoft has been a has been in that sector since the arrival of the first iPhone. If anyone seriously believes two bricks float better than one, it's time to change the meds.
It's not a failure, nor is it a success. Yet.
People were saying this a decade ago about the Xbox remember.
Microsoft only decided to compete just over two years ago and they're entering a very competitive market. It takes time to get traction on these things and they're doing it, just slowly. The potential to grow exponentially is still there.
As for the declaration of failure, are you really qualified to judge what a failure is or are you spouting the echoes of all the tech news journalists who like getting hits from slating Microsoft (which will never become unfashionable)?
The Xbox was a failure.
The Xbox 360 was better executed than the more ambitious PS3. It succeeded while the PS3 did not do so well, yet the PS3 is far from being a failure.
> Microsoft only decided to compete just over two years ago
You are ignoring the decade+ behind WindowsCE and Windows Mobile. Microsoft has always been a player in this market.
