Vallhund- why do you feel the strong urge to enter every WP7 thread and troll needlessly? We get it- you hate Microsoft and you hope their phone OS is a spectacular failure. We all know- you don't need to keep reminding us every week.
WP7 has got off to a slow start, but it's not like that's a big deal. Android got off to a much slower start and only really picked up momentum about a year after the OS' launch with the HTC Hero handset. By late last year, the Android OS was looking like a far more attractive challenger to iOS, and that's why a bunch of manufacturers jumped aboard the bandwagon, and this year the platform has grown like crazy (its US market share has grown exponentially, its app count has gone from around 20,000 at the start of the year to over 100,000 today and its worldwide popularity will probably see it overtake Symbian in 2011). However, there are several factors that stand in Microsoft's favour for 2011.
Firstly, they are geared up to put up a huge challenge in 2011. We've already heard how Samsung will be prioritising WP7 handsets next year (two-thirds of their new releases will feature WP7), the OS will become much more refined after two or three big updates in the first few months of the new year, it has 15,000 app developers on board (meaning its app marketplace should have a healthy and competitive app selection numbering into the tens of thousands by the summer), its unique integration capabilities should really become advanced and very popular(i.e. Zune, X-Box, Office), and the live tile concept has immense potential that, once fully realised over the coming months, will makethe static front screen appearance of the iPhone look old and dated by comparison.
Secondly, there's this thing called word of mouth. Forget huge marketing campaigns. They help, sure, but it's the word on the street and the buzz that really helps products to gather momentum. A year ago, Android meant very little in the UK mobile phone marketplace, but twelve months on, it's the in-thing. This is not because Google and its manufacturing partners have spent zillions of squid on advertising their handsets all over the place- it's because they released some very good handsets earlier in the year which created a buzz, and with subsequent handsets in the latter half of 2010, it has translated into big-time sales for the likes of the Galaxy S, Desire HD and Xperia. Similarly, the Omnia 7, Mozart and HD7 are beginning to create a stir on the street (this week, the Metro newspaper compared the Omnia 7 to the Desire HD, and actually recommended the WP7 handset over the Android one), so when better and more impressive WP7 handsets release in the spring and summer months of 2011, I'm confident that they'll be doing some pretty nifty business.
So before you decide to troll any further WP7 threads in future, give the whole broken record act a rest and let time prove you right or wrong.