News - Microsoft prepares for WP7 launch with new leadership and litigation

[HEXUS]

The software giant prepares to one of its biggest ever launches by appointing a new mobile head and suing Motorola.

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[Tweaker]

The way this article is written makes it seem like Apple are market leaders when they are not. If you take just the WP7 OS then they are behind symbian and meego. Surely becoming the 4th biggest is the first goal, then to overtake Android.

[Scott B]

The way this article is written makes it seem like Apple are market leaders when they are not. If you take just the WP7 OS then they are behind symbian and meego. Surely becoming the 4th biggest is the first goal, then to overtake Android.

Hmm, let's look at what I said: "The realistic expectations for Microsoft's latest effort at a smartphone operating system - Windows Phone 7 - must be for it to grab third place behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android. This is working on the fairly solid assumption that Symbian continues to decline."

Then: "We think Android is a more significant competitor to WP7 as its openness promises the kind of ubiquity that Microsoft has on the PC with Windows."

Lastly, if you have a MeeGo phone I'd love to hear about it.