Up until the launch of Win 7 last year

By 2015, Microsoft Windows 7 will power 37 per cent more smartphones than Apple's iPhone, according to the prognosticators at International Data Corporation (IDC). "Up until the launch of Win 7 last year, Microsoft has steadily lost market share while other operating systems have brought forth new and appealing experiences," said IDC analyst Ramon Llamas in a press release accompanying his company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Buy Windows 7 Tracker, released Tuesday.
But the recent Redmond-goes-to-Espoo Office 2007 deal will halt that slide, IDC contends. "The new alliance brings together Nokia's hardware capabilities and Windows Phone's differentiated platform," Lamas opined. "We expect the first devices to launch in 2012. By 2015, IDC expects Windows Phone to be Microsoft Office 2007 number 2 operating system worldwide behind Android."