When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

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    The Microsoft Windows Phone probably failed because we forgot to give it a real keyboard.
    -Balmer

    No he didn’t really say that, it’s a joke on how he laughed about the iPhone not having a real keyboard.

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      They gave the Kin phones keyboards. Remember those? Probably not.

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        I admit I didn’t until you mentioned them.

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      Windows phone keyboard was leaps and bounds ahead of iOS and Android. I still miss that keyboard. Swiftkey on android just isn’t the same.

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        I was just about to post that there were Android phones with keyboards too, but I looked it up to be sure, and by god they are clumsy and ugly in comparison.
        Personally I love the screen keyboard solution, I find it very elegant and handy. But I admit I need a big screen for it, but I also like the bigger screen in general better anyway.