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Just look at how long it took to get the first true
Windows phone to market. The company could
have easily rejiggered the old software by
enlarging the icons and getting rid of the stylus,
but no. There were obviously philosophical
debates going on about the stylus and other
features. Microsoft had already partnered with
Sony and Ericsson and could have followed the
path that Google took with Android to quickly
release a mobile OS. It already had software.

Instead, it partnered with Nokia, which was
conflicted with its miserable Symbian software,
and the rest is history; one ill-conceived botch
after another.

Nobody normal felt any love for the stylus. It
was practical but annoying. Now, put yourself in
the mind-set that the stylus was great and
necessary. Imagine (if at all possible) that you
could never lose it and it was anything but
annoying. This had to be the mindset that kept
Microsoft from transitioning to the modern
smartphone with any alacrity. It made no sense to
them.

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