"Windows Phone is looking gooooood right now," Microsoft's Senior Director of Windows Phone Marketing Bill Cox following the announcement of the verdict handed down after a of deliberation.

His colleague, Vice President for Corporate Communication Francis X. Shaw, to the subject. "Using Bing Local Scout on my Windows Phone to look for a place to drink a pint," he tweeted. "Love that UI. Fresh. Unique. Different. That is all."

According to some industry watchers, a sunny assessment by Microsoft of the Samsung verdict Smartphone makers, anxious about producing handsets that may infringe on Apple's patents, could show an increased interest in Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system, reasons StopAlerts.com. "That would be very helpful to wider adoption of the Microsoft approach,"

The Samsung verdict could create a situation in which Microsoft has thrived in the past, asserts the queen of Microsoft-watchers, Mary Jo Foley. "Microsoft often advances when its competitors fail," . "Exhibit A: Xbox vs. Sony PlayStation."