>Does Google advertise Android? I don't remember seeing any ads.

Apparently they don't need to. the Wireless companies do it for them, and they get the OS free or cheap.

Microsoft has to overcome previous failures. Adding more failures just makes it worse.

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>>It's showing up to the first knuckle of the first and only finger sticking out of the ground.
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>>My wife and I have WP8 phones, and overall they don't seem as clunky as Android or IPhone (and I won't buy anything Apple anyway). Microsoft simply didn't market them from day one (of WP7) and they have lost any chance to become a player.
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>>I'm shocked when I actually see someone else using a Windows phone.