Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) has long enjoyed dominance in the PC arena, with Windows 8.1 recently passing OS X Mavericks in installed copies and locking down the top five operating systems as different versions of Windows. The same can't be said of its mobile OS Windows Phone, however. Despite positive gains in Europe and some other parts of the world, Windows Phone still lags significantly behind Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iOS and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG ) Android in terms of mobile market share.
To help correct this, Microsoft is working on its Windows Phone 8.1 update (which shares a naming convention and overall strategy with the Windows 8.1 update for PCs and tablets). Despite adding features that might make it more attractive to consumers and app developers, however, the update might not be enough to take Windows Phone where it needs to be.
Windows Phone's coming of age
With Windows Phone 8.1, which is expected early in 2014 but currently has no definite release date, a few new features are reportedly being added, but they're old hat to iOS and Android users.
With Windows Phone 8.1, which is expected early in 2014 but currently has no definite release date, a few new features are reportedly being added, but they're old hat to iOS and Android users.
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