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When it was announced that Windows Mobile sold 20 million devices last year, it was also mentioned that 11 devices had sales of one million or more.  Curious about what those devices were, Mike Temporale of Mobile Jaw asked Greg Sullivan what those top sellers were.  Here’s the list (grouped by manufacturer):

• Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900/908/SCH-i910/M490)
• Samsung Blackjack II (SGH-i617)
• Samsung Blackjack (SGH-i607/600)
• Motorola Q
• Audiovox SMT 5600 (HTC)
• HTC Touch Diamond (Diamond/Diamond-C)
• HTC Dash (Excalibur)
• HTC xv6800  (Titan)
• HTC TyTN II (Tilt/Kaiser)
• HTC Touch (Elf/Vogue)
• HTC P800W (Artemis)

Mike noticed that 5 of the 11 devices didn’t have touch screens and that 7 of 11 had QWERTY keyboards.  That led him to wonder if the preoccupation over developing an iPhone competitor was the best use of resources.

Personally, I say why not develop great touch screen devices — and keep developing other form factors, too.  That flexibility is one of the strengths of Windows Mobile.  What do you guys think?

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