Possible strategy for a so-called "Facebook Phone" that I came up with

Re:Possible strategy for a so-called "Facebook Phone" that I... by nemeth on Monday May 28, 2012 @09:18PM (#4035546)

> Seems that Sidekick and Kin are counter-examples to that statement.

Microsoft threw away the working Sidekick OS and re-built it from the ground up on Win CE so that they could brand KIN as a "Windows Phone". So isn't that really a perfect example?

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Re:Possible strategy for a so-called "Facebook Phone" that I... by astrodust on Monday May 28, 2012 @11:46PM (#4035859)

Exactly. Sidekick was thrown into the trash before the customers even knew it, and Kin was pitched into the dumpster before the launch party was even over.

The only non-Microsoft brand to come out of Microsoft is, curiously, the XBox.

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Re:Possible strategy for a so-called "Facebook Phone" that I... by herval on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @10:33PM (#4046012)

Isn't it the "microsoft xbox"? I mean, everyone knows it's microsoft's (and it's printed on the game boxes)... No?

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Re:Possible strategy for a so-called "Facebook Phone" that I... by easp on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @10:47AM (#4037694)

Huh? Sidekick was a well established preexisting brand.

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Re:Possible strategy for a so-called "Facebook Phone" that I... by astrodust on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @01:33PM (#4038650)

Yes, and they threw it out. It's Microsoft or the highway.

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