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		SwellJoe on Aug 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the T... This logic could have been applied to Android. There were numerous "leading" mobile operating systems when Android launched. Likewise for Apple launching the iPhone and iOS. Sometimes, a company has to bet they can beat the competition, or we get stuck with the same old crap, forever.

wallflower on Aug 19, 2011 [–]

Dug up this vintage article on the all-in bet that was the iPhone

http://counternotions.com/2008/07/16/bet-iphone/

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