Microsoft computer accessories and Windows mobile are both struggling.

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@Darth Tigris: Yes, M$ did enter the sandbox with big boys when entering the console business. And that's why they have lost so much money with their venture. They are topping Sony at the moment because Sony was stupid enough to play the game with M$. But, we have a third player too, who is running around in circles around M$ and laughing all the way to the bank.

M$ once entered the mobile phones business - and exited it.

I mentioned Google and Apple because all the money M$ has, can't take these two down. The money they have can't take Nintendo down. All three companies are companies that have high profit margins, when M$ competes by trying to hit the bottom line of its competitors. Whatever M$ does with Windows mobile, it's not going to hit Apples or Googles bottom line. And if the manufacturers aren't happy with Windows mobile, they can easilly switch to another OS in their phones.

The biggest competition however is Symbian, since it has quite a few manufacturers behind it, but at the same time nobody who would rely on it, so there's a chance to hit in the Symbian manufacturers.

And M$ likely is aware with what went wrong. What can they do about it is a different story.

A lot of instances are waiting the new Windows mobile. But what they wait with it, is how it performs in the market. It doesn't matter how it's received with manufacturers and retailers if the customers aren't buying it. It may or may not gain market, but M$ have traditionally performed badly in consumer space.