It may be totally untrue rumours and speculation, but Psion may be winceing.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/27120.html

Hope not, I always fancied the idea of Symbian growing to cater for power devices as well.

Zuber

I think that the title you gave this topic sums it up totally. The dark side is attractive indeed if you're a company who cannot afford to innovate any more and must survive by producing the mundane, if that's what the market wants. And believe me, Microsoft is mundane!