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Windows 7 isn't Windows Mobile 7, is it? The latter has been a full rewrite, so in many ways, it's completely different from everything else they have.

Not that it couldn't be good, just that you cannot automatically think that it is from Windows 7's qualities.

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I didn't know that, but in no way does it really dampen my enthusiasm. To me, Win7 proved Microsoft was still King of OS's, so I can't wait to see their upcoming flagship mobile product. I am sure they will take the lessons of Android and iOS to heart with the first major launch of this partnership. This is a huge opportunity for both companies to take the mobile world by storm. Color me disappointed if this fails, but I think it has more potential to shake up the industry than anything else announced so far thus year.

> Win7 proved Microsoft was still King of OS's,

No fanboy, you say...

Good catch. Windows has never been the king of OS's ever. They've been spectacular at marketing to Corporations, etc., but their OS's have always been "within range" or worse than the alternatives.

Say what you like, but up until the XBox ring of death debacle Microsoft made really good hardware.

Fine, I'm a fanboy, who owns lots of competitors products because I got confused at the mall.

I heartily agree with you on this point. I was quite suprised to see the lack of enthusiasm on this announcement.

I'm someone thats used a Mac quite extensively over the past year, and i have an iPhone too. Yet, i've just gone back to a Windows machine. Windows 7. Its a damn good OS, and you are right.

I hope they can find a way of bringing that goodness to their mobile platform. Lots of nice little surprises in Windows 7, so im hoping we'll see that in the Mobile OS when it matures a little more.

Everyone said the XBOX was going to be a disaster, and regardless of HOW MS did it, they STILL did it.

MS is perfectly capable of winning when it really, really wants too.

Will many developers seriously considering WP7, just for the ease of migration, and Nokia's logistics; executed properly this COULD be a win win.

As a platform, WP7 is great (mostly). The problem is that there is a dearth of quality apps. I installed the Youtube app, and it's just a wrapper for their mobile page! Really?

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