[SmokingJoe]

So what do you say about the combined power of these companies in the phone industry?

I say, Window Mobile and plenty of mobile versions of Linux had the “power” of most of them companies FOR YEARS, and they went nowhere. If that is all it took, other versions of Linux and Windows Mobile would be dominating by now

[antiRepublicrat]

I say, Window Mobile and plenty of mobile versions of Linux had the “power” of most of them companies FOR YEARS

Nope. Microsoft had a few manufacturers on board. That's all. Some independently played with mobile Linux, but those have mostly been supplanted by the Android consortium.