Microsoft’s patent infringement dispute with Google has been ongoing with no signs of it letting up. Microsoft has been going after various Android manufacturers instead of going after Google to collect royalty fees.
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Microsoft has a strategic partnership with Nokia that has been simmering all year long. Many speculated that a new handheld device between the two partners would hit the market this past holiday, which did not turn out to be the case. It appears that the two companies have been waiting for CES to unveil its secret weapon.
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Microsoft’s market share in the mobile sector has been shrinking for years, and the initial launch of Windows Phone 7 has failed to stop things from spiraling downward. However, there is a glimmer of hope with the company’s new found partnership with the largest handset manufacturer in the world.
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Nokia has opted out of any significant holiday phone sales.  Most of the Windows Phone 7 handsets on the market are at least a few months old and low to middle of the market.  Unlike Samsung with its high end Galaxy Nexus Android phone or Motorola with its Droid Razr, there aren’t any really dazzling high end Windows Phone 7 handsets hitting the market anytime soon.  The closest is the Samsung Focus S that recently hit AT&T.  The other high end handset, the Nokia 800 isn’t expected in the United States anytime soon.
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Microsoft’s new direction in the mobile application arena has many scratching their heads as the company recently started rolling out apps for Apple’s iOS platform. This seems like a different approach then previously seen with the company scrambling to poach development support for Windows Phone 7.
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Grabbing yourself a free Windows Phone 7.5 handset could be as easy as tweeting. If you’re very, very lucky. And funny. And hateful towards Android.
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No, Tellme isn’t a patch on Siri. But that fact doesn’t excuse the defensive stand Apple fanboys put up at the suggestion the two products are similar.
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I’m not even sure why Microsoft is bothering with its own mobile OS at this point. After all, it’s making more than enough money from Android. Screw Windows Phone 7.
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Currently, Windows phone 7 has approximately 1.6 percent of the smartphone market.  You can get smaller than that but no one wants to.  As it stands, Windows Phone 7 is well behind Android and iOS in market share, but it looks as if that might be changing.
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