[Paragon]

No Windows Mobile is not vanishing. Microsoft hasn't spent over a decade, and 10s of millions of dollars just to let mobility slide away. They are spending a great deal of money and resources developing Windows 7 Phone, which from most guesses seems to be developed for the next computer revolution.....cloud computing. They seem to have put little effort into the final versions on the current path of mobile computing. Because of this there aren't that many new Windows Mobile devices on the market. Some carriers and ODM partners are holding back on any new Windows phones till WM7 is released. This is why you can go to places like some of the BestBuy's and not find any Windows. This will likely change within the year.

Rest assured that Microsoft is not letting mobility slide by without being heavily involved. I think in a few years if we were to look back we would say they 2009/2010 was a period where MS lost marketshare and momentum in mobility while it prepared for the next phase/war.

Dave