>Keep in mind though that the rest of the world pretty much uses GSM not CDMA.

I'm aware of that, but they've locked out a huge market in the US, where Verizon, using CDMA is #1.

>That being said - Micro$oft is clueless when it comes to mobile and their marketing for it is just plain stupid. (Like the MS Kin for example)

It wasn't the marketing that doomed the Kin.