{"id":3955,"date":"2010-10-05T07:11:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T11:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2010-10-05T07:21:07","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T11:21:07","slug":"welcome-to-windows-phone-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Windows Phone 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsmobile\/en-us\/cmpn\/windowsphone7\/default.mspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Windows Phone 7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/library\/media\/1033\/windowsmobile\/en-us\/assets\/images\/cmpn\/WPmap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" \/><\/a>Microsoft will be launching Windows Phone 7 next week in New York; signals are strong that Canadians won&#8217;t be waiting very long.<\/p>\n<p>I like Microsoft&#8217;s chances in this category. Despite the almost religious fervour that surrounds nearly everything that Apple touches [could any other company have survived the iPhone 4 antenna?], it is important to bring perspective to overall market share &#8211; what would be the impact of Microsoft in bringing its share of the personal computer market into the smartphone business? Will Microsoft Office &#8211; the real thing, not a &#8220;compatible&#8221; viewer\/editor \u00a0&#8211; help attract more of the business market? Will Outlook Mobile and Exchange integration compete effectively with Blackberry Enterprise Server? Can Microsoft deliver its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone7.com\/news\/news16\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox LIVE<\/a> users to the mobile gaming market?<\/p>\n<p>Will Microsoft&#8217;s strategy of powering a wide array of device manufacturers win out over the Apple, Blackberry and Nokia sole-sourcing approach?<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, it comes down to a lot more choice for consumers this holiday season &#8211; a lot more toys for Santa to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for news coming from analyst and media briefings over the next week, culminating with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwiredview.com\/2010\/10\/04\/microsoft-confirms-october-11-windows-phone-7-ny-launch-att-and-t-mobile-will-be-there\/\" target=\"_blank\">launch in New York<\/a> next Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft will be launching Windows Phone 7 next week in New York; signals are strong that Canadians won&#8217;t be waiting very long. I like Microsoft&#8217;s chances in this category. Despite the almost religious fervour that surrounds nearly everything that Apple touches [could any other company have survived the iPhone 4 antenna?], it is important to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=3955\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to Windows Phone 7<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to Windows Phone 7 &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft will be launching Windows Phone 7 next week in New York; signals are strong that Canadians won&#039;t be waiting very long. 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