MWC: Windows Phone 7 compared with iPhone, BlackBerry and Android
In the wake of Microsoft's grand unveiling of WIndows Phone 7 Series, we compare it feature by feature with the other key OSes: iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
Published on Feb 16, 2010
| Windows Phone 7 Series | Android | Apple iPhone | BlackBerry | |
| OS Background | ||||
| Launch date | December 2010 | November 2007 | June 2007 | 1999 |
| Current software version | 1.0 (Beta) | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.0 |
| Smartphone market share | 0% | 5.2% | 25.3% | 41.5% |
| Number of hardware makers | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Number of current devices | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 |
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| Number of apps | 0 | 20,000 | 140,000 | c.10,000 |
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| Live homescreen | |
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| 3rd-party app multi-tasking | |
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| WebKit web browser | |
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