Microsoft bets on Windows Phone 8 to regain foothold in smartphone market | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times

A good day to have not picked the east coast for a launch event

"On Monday in San Francisco, Microsoft has the launch event for Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the company's 2-year-old smartphone platform.
It's Microsoft's newest attempt to regain a foothold in the smartphone market — something it's struggled mightily to do, with a worldwide market share that falls below 4 percent.
It's also another big step in Microsoft's creation of an entire devices-and-services ecosystem."

Microsoft bets on Windows Phone 8 to regain foothold in smartphone market | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times