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		philwelch on Dec 12, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's really wrong with BlackBerry They had been trying continuously since the late 1980's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taligent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copland_(operating_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_(operating_system)

isani on Dec 13, 2010 | [–]

You could add Newton OS to that list. It was an attempt to do what iOS achieved: a move out of the Mac into mobile devices. Apple initially planned to implement a large number of mobile form factors based on Newton.

gnufreex on Dec 15, 2010 | [–]

They also fumbled with MkLinux and BeOS, IIRC.

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