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I've never quite understood this "I don't know what it is, but I hate it" attitude.

Have we really gotten ourselves into the situation where we have to blindly follow the PR from our favorite phone manufacturer and piss any competing announcement before it's even announced?

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Judging from the agenda, Nokia World is primarily for developers.

Nokia Series 60 sold 116 million handsets a year, 36% worldwide market share.

Windows Phone 7 has roughly a 2% worldwide market share.

Yes, it's very easy to say "I don't know what it is, but I hate it." At a 2% market share, it doesn't make commercial sense for developers to pay attention.

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