This is not an altogether unexpected development.
However, the surge of love for the Nokia Lumia 920 among my staff during the voting process was the surprise.
However, dissociating the Nokia Lumia hardware from the software brought the goodness of Windows Phone 8 to the fore again.
Windows Phone 8 is beautiful. It is innovative. It is snappy, at least on the three devices I have tried it out on: the afore-mentioned Lumia 920, the Lumia 822, and the HTC 8X.
The ecosystem around Windows Phone 8 is coming into its own. The Windows Phone Marketplace now has over 125,000 apps.
In usability, it is easy to use, very fluid and responsive, and best of all, friendly.
Against the backdrop of ho-hum updates to the only other meaningful mobile OS platform, iOS, Windows Phone is a very welcome breath of fresh air.
As a result, Windows Phone 8 is the SmallBizWindows Mobile Product of the Year 2013.
Finalists:
- Microsoft Surface RT
- Microsoft Windows Phone 8
- Nokia Lumia 920
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