Windows Phone 7 Lands...

Well it's finally here...Windows very late iteration of their mobile phone OS - Windows Phone 7. The launch today showcased the initial launch partners and devices with the lovely looking HTC HD7 (see photo below) looking like the pick of the bunch.

The Ninja has used HTC Windows mobile phones for years, since the original SPV came out on Orange in the UK and has loved using the awesome Touch Diamond 2 device (with a custom ROM obviously!). However, it remains to be seen if Windows can re-establish itself in the market now that Android and iPhone have crafted such big shares of this crucial computing space.

It is widely acknowledged that the handheld market is the next battlefield of computing and Microsoft needs a good OS to compete. Hopefully they can leverage their Xbox and Windows environments to make this a compelling platform.

I will be watching developments closely as I begin to formulate plans for my next mobile device - it will be an HTC, the question is whether its a WP7 device or an Android one...