If there is a lesson for thefuture of Islamic finance from medieval Christian finance, it is that the roots of its decline lay in societal changes to the fragmented, feudal society of Europe of its time.
One other interesting tidbit from HTC's presentation was the company's statement that it learnt its lessonfromthe Tattoo, which had a resistive touchscreen, and no longer plans on offering anything but capacitive displays in thefuture.