James Siminoff

Blackberry is Windows Phone

Yesterday Microsoft announced its next dud-to-be operating system on the mobile, Windows Phone.  I am negative on the platform because you already have too many big platforms out there getting developer attention and I just do not beleive that Microsoft can come in this late to the game with something attractive enough to developers/end users to make a difference.

Also in reality the Windows Phone operating system already exists, it is just not owned by Microsoft,  the Blackberry.

Blackberries are tightly integrated into the windows and MS office world.  They are already there and have real entrenchment in the IT departments, just ask Apple, Google and Nokia how hard it is to break Blackberries strangle hold in the enterprise.

So Microsoft it is time to pony up and buy Blackberry.  At the current valuation of around $40 billion it would be a stretch but you could probably handle it, in fact you could use that money that you earmarked to by Yahoo a few years ago for it.

This deal would guarantee Microsoft a seat at the big boys table in mobile and help them in defending against Google.