After four weeks of relaxing vacation, I am now back in business. Events around the iPhone have dominated the mobility market the last four weeks.

The most interesting aspect of what's going on is how Apple has managed to cut the operator from the device upgrade och application distribution processes. Microsoft entered the market a few years ago and let the mobile operators define their own processes. This has resulted in a broken experience for all Windows Mobile users. Apple has shown that it is possible to take responsibility of an end-to-end experience.

I wonder if Microsoft will stick with its strategy and seek process cooperation with operators or if the company will try to follow Apple's lead.