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Looking at the market share of the old Windows Mobile, the operating system for smartphones and PDAs from Microsoft, one can conclude that Microsoft lost its chance to be the first on the operating system market for mobile devices. After reading the article “After Fumble, Microsoft Redoes Phone Software,” I was glad that Microsoft finally realized that it hasn’t been very competitive in the smartphone business since Apple developed its iPhone. According to the article, Microsoft will allow its new operating system, Windows Phone 7, to be installed on third-party devices, which will make it more widespread. Windows Phone 7 will most likely provide better compatibility with Microsoft Outlook than Apple iPhone, because both products are developed in the same company. Also Windows Phone 7 and will provide Microsoft SharePoint capabilities (which Apple doesn’t have at all). It would be nice if Microsoft opened its own application marketplace just Like Apple did. This way all users will know where to find a particular application instead of browsing the Internet. The company would have a much bigger success if it started developing Windows Phone 7 at the same time as Apple started developing its iPhone. Microsoft wouldn’t have to catch up with the mobile industry if they released their phone at the same time as Apple released their iPhone. Moreover, competition would drive the originally high iPhone prices down.

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