Wired seems to think Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS, launched in the sea of Android, will make Android itself look all the more chaotic. That could very well be the case, and it’s really the only logical way for Microsoft to go.  It’s always held a higher level of control with integrated apps and device partnerships.

Applying a similar level of regulation to its mobile OS as Apple has done with the iOS will reinforce Google’s missteps with the open, layered approach.  Good for Microsoft, and a vigorous challenge for Google, which has managed to forge ahead into Apple territory.

“With brand new test facilities, Microsoft is taking on the duty of ensuring that touch screens and sensors are calibrated properly, for example, and each hardware model undergoes software stress tests to catch bugs and system errors (see picture above). The end result should be getting very close to the same OS on smartphones made by different manufacturers.”

The question is, how will this ultimately affect manufacturers, the developer community and consumer mobile markets, which are hailed as the true future of mobile tech?

Unlike Android, which presents customers and developers a not very tempting choice between functional ‘sub-versions’ changing from one device to another, Microsoft is attempting to cut the compromise out of the acquisition,  putting high standards for all of Widows Phone 7’s prospected carriers to live up to.

These continuous, focused efforts to eliminate any and all potential compatibility and carrier manipulation-related issues demonstrate just how significant it is to ensure customers and app developers with cross-platform stability, and minimum arising or none problems.

Windows Phone 7 appears like a very positive step in the right direction in restoring Microsoft’s share of the market, as the true winner will be determined by the most powerful OS.