Windows Phone 7 - Why We Can't Wait

Yes, we are excited about WP7.  Even though we do application development for all the major mobile platforms (because we've had to, because WM6.5.. well, you know), we are eager to work with clients to integrate Windows Phone 7 into the enterprise.  There's been a lot of talk about "is it enterprise-ready" and "it seems like another consumer phone," but there's a lot that has been lost in the conversation.  Easy access to email through Outlook Mobile.  Office Mobile.  Access to SharePoint.  Simplified management.  Leverage existing IT knowledge.  A robust set of developer tools with which developers are already familiar.  Add to that the consumer pieces, and we think that Microsoft could have a winner on their hands. 

Here's what we are eagerly anticipating - the true extension of the enterprise right into the hand.  Interact with business processes right on the mobile device.  Check in and check out of documents in SharePoint.  Review a PowerPoint deck in a format you can actually read, edit it, and publish it to SharePoint. 

Yes, Microsoft is late to the game.  But hey, even Albert Pujols can sit out for eight innings and hit a home run in the ninth.  Is this a  home run for Microsoft?  Only time will tell.  Given the sheer might of Microsoft, we think that the ninth inning is going to be very, very interesting indeed.