This is just a poor analysis. By the time it came out, DRDOS was irrelevant. The G4 cube was expensive, and comparatively slow, and unreliable. The Zune had some extra features that were irrelevant to most users, a poor ecosystem and was quickly outclassed as the iPod continued to develop. WebOS definitely had some pioneering UI features, but developing apps in JavaScript was fatal for performance. Windows Phone did use flat design rather than skeuomorphism, and this was clearly the way things were going, but the platform as a whole was simply wasn’t better than the iPhone, which simply shifted to flat design soon afterwards.
These products just weren’t better. They had one or two features that were better, and that’s it.
These products just weren’t better. They had one or two features that were better, and that’s it.