>I certainly would not put it that strongly. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. I think it's fair to say it has not been as successful as some predicted it would be. OTOH it would be a little odd to dump it after announcing the same UI concepts will be in the next version of Windows.
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>I will be interested in what John Baird has to say if he jumps in here. AFAIK he has more experience with MS Phone than anyone here.
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>>Please provide a reliable source that says MS Phone is going to die.
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>>>jQuery-Mobile seems like good cross platform choice. i would stay away from all things Microsoft concerned with phone unless some sort of hybrid with open source. If MS Phone stuff dies like people think it will you won't have lost your investment.
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>>>On the other hand, Windows 8 promises to be a hybrid system with HTML 5 playing a big role. maybe the answer is there.
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>>>Just beware of purely MS Solutions like Silverlight, etc.
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>>>>Hello,
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>>>>Is anyone out here currently developing mobile apps? I'm looking for some good basic information to determine if this is something I'd like to try. Any suggestions and/or links are greatly appreciated!
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>>>>Martha

I made a prediction last year.. that within 3-4 years MS and its phone/slate/desktop technologies ar going to be on top....