>It is the openness of Android that has helped it to attain a large market share and I feel that MS by using a semi-open strategy will soon land Windows Phone 7

>It is the openness of Android that has helped it to attain a large market share and I feel that MS by using a semi-open strategy will soon land Windows Phone 7 into the deadpool. I agree with until this part. I actually think that MS is trying to get the best of both worlds (the controlled user experience of iOS with the choice/variety of Android) and as far as I can tell, it's working.