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Originally Posted by Whosdaman

It's too true.....Microsoft is fighting a lost cause by making WM. It's so far behind it unbeileveable. Compared to the iPhones App Store, Verizon new App Store, and Palm and Blackberry support and now Touch Screen flexibility....Windows Mobile is just now trying to create their own App Store, they are making 6.5, when Windows Mobile 7 is coming right after this? Why waste the time making 6.5 when you could be fully working on 7?

Just makes no sense and they will fail....

IMHO:
WinMo will survive because at the end of the day it is still ahead of the curve when compared to: OSX (Iphone), Symbian (Nokia), Palm, WebOS, Blackberry, Danger (Sidekick).

Really, what more can the Iphone add, the last 3 phones have been incremental updates at best and the Iphone 3G update to 3.0 makes it basically the same phone as the Iphone 3G S except that the 3G S has more memory options and longer battery and is supposed to be faster for data, but its contingent upon ATT's towers which makes it the data speed just as fast as the 3G.

Also WinMo has many manufactures worldwide using these phones and many industries are heavily dependant based on the Windows Mobile device from Construction, Target and other retail stores, Health care, Cable companies, etc, etc., etc. Next time the cable guy comes to your house or you see someone in a retail store doing inventory chances are they are using a Windows Mobile device with an IR scanner/barcode reader

In terms of App stores, I could really care less about an app store as long as I can go on other sites, XDA, Winmo, and PPC Geeks and find whatever I want, donate, pay for ,or get apps and ROMS for free where I can use a new phone every month with a ROM Update. Something the Other Operating systems are not able to do yet. Plus all companies use Microsoft Exchange Server which makes WinMo relevant.