A tough mobile device market (Score 1)

I think it would be a very bad time to enter this market. LG and Nokia have just posted record losses: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/lg-electronics-profit-falls-33-after-company-falls-behind-in-smartphones.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10725887 BlackBerry is also losing business market share to iPhone and other smartphone makers: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65N5WC20100624 Microsoft would do better to build their reputation in the mobile marketplace with quality operating systems - for now. Consolidation in the marketplace seems inevitable. When there are fewer competitors and Microsoft is established and trusted in the market, that would be the time to launch microsoft hardware. But its devices would need to rival iPhone in quality and HTC in price.