WP7 Mango (WP 7.1) 500+ features press release today !

[fwaits]

The big news is that WP7 will have many features that iOS/Android already have yes, but they also integrate them in a much more user friendly way. Also many features weren't yet mentioned today, so it will be interesting to see the rest come out slowly over the coming weeks, not to mention new hardware which is always nice. NFC was already rumored to be coming as well so I would expect to see that official in the near future also.

Either way, Android is nice, has it's pros and cons, like all things, but I think MS is doing things pretty well considering they are starting from behind, they are quickly catching up and in some ways IMO surpassing the competition in terms of useability. You have to think from the common consumers perspective not just from the techie, power-user vantage, we have different wants and needs often times vs. what the average consumer does.

I for one, think having several good choices in the market is for the best and drives competition among each other, the very spirit and intent of the free market society we hope to embody. I know people have their favorites and always try to one-up the other guy, but you can't say that WP7 isn't shaping up to be a major player anymore, regardless if it will eventually be #1, 2, 3 or whatever in market share.