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Sendo Can't Get Microsoft Source; Ditches Windows

Posted by michael on from the shared-source-ha-ha-ha-ha dept.

An anonymous submitter wrote: "Just when you thought the award-winning data leech Microsoft had become invincible... cellphone manufacturer Sendo, in a statement on the front page of its web site, announces the termination of its Z100 smartphone development on the Microsoft platform, licensing the rival Symbian from Nokia instead. (Further reports by ZDnet and Heise.)"

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  1. Symbian by stewart.hector · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, hopefully (but I doubt it), this will be the death nail for stinker.

    Symbian is reliable, isn't bloated and open. Every thing stinker isn't. I am so glad this has happened. This now leaves MS will NO stinker phones out there - or coming very soon.

    Symbian have to convince MS lovers that Stinker phones smartphones isn't the way to go. Just imagine having to install virus checkers on your smartphone and disable all the features to keep your MS phone secure from viruses that try to phone up premuim rate numbers! No thanks.

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  2. Re:good lord by Nintendork · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You must be new around here. Michael only posts monopoly bashing posts and stuff only a few care about.

  3. Re:Don't just dismiss this as unimportant! by cybrthng · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    MS is going to have a very very hard battle trying to convince anyone to buy their phones, even moreso than the XBox - which isn't doing well compared to the competition.


    The xbox is selling very well, but what the hell has this got to do with smartphones?

    Microsoft provides very detailed, powerfull and highly documented application and SDK environments. I don't know where you come off saying they don't provide the var support. Microsoft has by far got the worlds largest 3rd party and VAR support of ANY company.

    Xbox is doing very well, has the highest "attach" rate and has sold MILLIONS. For a FIRST product and FIRST year it is doing very well.

    hell, microsoft will be in the black shortly. Considering a billion went in, thats a FAST ROI!

    Now back to smartphones, sure MS can screw up, but everyone though PocketPC is going no where yet they still sell like hotcakes and compete very well against every other palm type device out there.