We all know Microsoft was the biggest player in the mobile OS arena for a long time, not because WinMo was the best, but because it was a lonely business in the past. With more and more cellphone makers turning to the free Android OS from Google, all that is changing. The New York Times and FT.com, had each an interesting article on that matter.

With about a dozen Android phones announced this year along, and maybe dozens more coming next year, Google, it would seem, is about to get so far ...