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Old 5th Mar 2011, 23:51
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Originally Posted by MG23
And the desktop market itself has peaked; there'll be desktop computers for a long time to come, but the big growth is likely to be in various kinds of mobile hardware. Linux has a substantial presence in the mobile market while Windows has hardly any; I've seen iPhones and Android phones but I've never ever seen a Windows phone.
fyi...

File:Smartphone share current.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and whilst early WinCE and WM devices were dire, devices later than WM5 were generally "ok" and Windows Phone 7 is comparable* to an iPhone.

(*as in the same ball park)
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