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"leap"? I think us webOS devs just wanted free hardware to expand our apps beyond webOS, but many still remain (especially in light of all the people with webOS devices over the weekend).

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I'd like to check WP7, but I am certainly not buying another phone for that - other platforms already take most of my time. Palm had to be very aggressive in getting phones in the hands of developers because most of them were already fully allocated to iOS and Android. Microsoft has more or less the same problem, with the difference WebOS was exciting and new, while WP7 feels like developing for Windows. For the same market share, I'd go for exciting and new.

I strongly advise they be much more aggressive than Palm was. Developing for Microsoft platforms is a business decision, not a privilege.

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