While the article praises the iPhone interface and points out several of Android's user interface elements are very similar to solutions also adopted on the iPhone (to be fair, my 128K Palm Pilot arranged apps on a grid, a feature I am almost sure it copied from the Newton, just like about every PDA/smartphone), that's beyond the point. Windows Phone seems very non-iPhone-ish and there is a non trivial possibility Microsoft can actually bring out a decent mobile user experience after more than a decade of miserable failures.

I won't hold my breath, however. I too find it most incredible Microsoft finally hit something.

I keep in mind the fact that Barack Obama is an elected member of the Democratic party when he tells me to vote for a Senate candidate. It doesn't invalidate his opinion about that person, but it certain factors in.