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Reports last week explained that Microsoft is seriously in play and that the future will probably be a troika of Android, Windows Phone and Windows Phone with iOS, passing the iPhone by 2015. This week I'll point you to these reports, alert the user to Microsoftâ € ™ s attention in relation to the â € œhomebrew update, â € and even difficulties with an HTC updates.

Windows phone to be # 2 by 2015

Partly due to Microsoftâ € ™ s Alliance with Nokia, market research, companies expect Windows Phone will be a major player within a few years, reaching the number 3 spot in 2013, catching for the iPhone in 2014 and outpacing the iPhone in 2015.

This is according to a report by Gartner, Inc. Android is expected to be the clear winner, capturing half of the smartphone market by the end of 2012 and remain at that level through 2015. A article about ZDNet compare Gartnerâ € ™ s analysis with a similar report a month earlier by rival Gartner IDC that came to nearly identical conclusions.

And according to a brief report from Reuters, Nokia-Microsoft talks are going as planned and should conclude by the end of April. The report says that they plan to release a bunch of Windows phones in 2012.

11,500 applications available

A key to the success of Windows Phone is if the platform will attract developers, since the availability of applications that can make or break a smartphone. And the news was generally good, with 11,500 apps is now available for Windows Phone 7.

Furthermore, according to a story from CNET, 7,500 of those apps are paid, while another 1,110 generate revenue through ads. Microsoft said that Windows Phone users are downloading an average of 12 apps per month. It's impressive how far things have come in six months.

Be sure to check out PocketNowâ € ™ s regular app roundup, wherein they demo of five top apps in 30 seconds each. Their most recent roundup included large images Downloader, Flickr, Gas Buddy, Rush Hexic and XDQ-developers.

In other news app, there's now an app for mass-texting â € "that is, sending a single text message to a large group of people. To learn more about Group SMS WMPoweruser.comon.

News about updates of Windows Phone

Last week we noticed a couple of hacks, including Updater ChevronWP7, enabling eager Windows Phone users update their device without having to wait for Microsoft to make it available.

Two days later, Microsoft said, donâ € ™ t dot and urge users to wait for the official update. And the developer of the hack removed from its website and explained why.

Moreover, some owners of HTC, which had received the Microsoft Update legit then got a message saying that a update is available for the HTC phones. It wasnâ € ™ t clear what this update offered, but some of those who found that it updated messed up their phones decreasing the bit depth. Somehow these things just don't seem to ever go right.

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