Re: An Offer You Can't Refuse
I doubt HP would have survived in the phone market. They were never a massive presence in the market, and even those that were have largely been replaced by cheap Chinese makes. Even the mighty Nokia is a shadow of it's former self.
HP had good PDAs, but that market is effectively dead, having been killed by the Smartphone. They also, as I understand, had good Mobile phones, but they backed Windows on mobile. Despite Microsoft spending billions, and buying Nokia effectively as a way of marketing Windows, this failed. This is a sad thing, IMO, because based on my admittedly limited experience, Windows Mobile was better than Android.
They could have transitioned to Android, but this would have cost money, and they likely would not have been one of the big Android vendors anyway.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
