After a slow start, Microsoft’s Windows Phone has now got a market share of 12 percent in the UK. It’s achieved third place in the phone market after Android and iPhone, despite chairman Bill Gates admitting the company made mistakes along the way.
Joachim Kempin, who worked at Microsoft between 1983 and 2002, alleges that Microsoft predicted many of the developments in technology in the last decade, including smartphones and tablets, but failed to capitalise on any of them.
But Microsoft’s Windows Phone is slowly but surely making the smartphone market a three-way battle. Microsoft has also moved into the hardware space, agreeing a deal to buy Nokia’s handset division as it prepares to mount a serious challenge for supremacy.
Windows Phone has received plenty of critical acclaim since it launched, but what do you know about the platform? Is it going to be a viable third option, or are you too busy playing with your Galaxy S4s and iPhones to care? Here’s your chance to find out.
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