Windows Phone 7 is the last hope

Many people say that Windows Phone 7 is the last hope of Microsoft in the smartphone market, indeed, it is vital time for Microsoft. Although the smart phone market is fiercely competitive, but Microsoft is no other choice. Microsoft's main concern is their own economic interests, but also those who like HTC, ihkc that old cell phone manufacturers also want to see other companies compete with each other. So what kind of advantages of Microsoft's new mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 in the end?

The world's largest software company is hoping that the new phones, from handset makers Samsung, LG, HTC and Dell, will propel it back into the mobile market, which many see as the key to the future of computing, reports the Daily Mail.

The new phones, initially available on the T-Mobile network in Britain and on AT&T in the US, are much closer in look and feel to Apple's iPhone , with colourful touch-screens and 'tiles' for easy access to email, the Web, music and other applications.

Ballmer, who has admitted that his company 'missed a generation' with its recent unpopular phone offerings, said the new phones would eventually be available from 60 mobile operators in 30 countries.

Meanwhile, at a simultaneous launch event at London's Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Microsoft announced that WP7 will be coming on the Dell Venue Pro by Christmas.

Dell's Venue Pro will join five other WP7 handsets - three from HTC and one each from LG and Samsung - in the British market in the coming months.

In the US, the first phone from AT&T, priced at $200, will be available Nov 8.

Six Windows Phone 7 handsets will be released in Britain in the coming months, including three from HTC and the Dell Venue Pro, which is the only model to come with a slide-out keyboard

Microsoft has a market share of only five percent in the global smartphone market, according to research firm Gartner, compared with nine percent a year ago.