This week saw the announcements of one of the most talked about mobile software releases since Andriod. Windows Phone 7 Series, while sounding clunky, managed to score high acclaim from the various journalists and bloggers who where at the Mobile World Congress to see it. Reasons aren’t hard to find: the interface is the first one I’ve seen that makes the iPhone look dated. Despite the new mobile OS being heralded as a return to [...]

About a week ago I commented on how Microsoft would fare against the emerging Apple iPad. Microsoft’s mobile platform has declined in recent years, and while it still remains a solid workhorse for embedded applications it’s no longer the favourite amongst business executives. While Apple, Palm, Blackberry and Android are appealing to the data-heavy smartphone user, Windows Mobile seems to cling on in a variety of special niches such as portable ticketing systems and electronic [...]