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Look at Windows Phone. Look at Windows 8. I rest my case.

(And, even then, Windows Phone only took off partially because of $$$$ and Nokia.)

Nice way to spin it. You're still wrong. But thank you for your contribution.

(I can't cut down quite trees right now, since I'm on my phone.)

As a fan of Windows Phone, and many like me are the same way, I was brought there by Nokia. I can tell you that without Nokia hardware, Windows Phone wouldn't be the undisputed third platform right now. The problem with Windows Phone used to be that OEMs did not take it seriously until Nokia came along.

Nokia hardware brought me to Windows Phone, and it alone nearly carried WP to that 10 million device threshold. The Nokia hardware catapulted Windpws Phone to 10%+ market share in several EU countries.

And it dragged me aboard, by virtue of my 620 and 630, along for that wild, wild ride.

What I picked up from this were two things:

1. 2014 was a lost year for WP.

2. Nokia dragged Windows Phone to the spotlight and made it stay there.