Inevitably there will be more handsets released, that will build on the strong launch units. Add to that the plethora of firmware updates that Microsoft is no doubt already working on, to keep improving Windows Phone 7 both in terms of features and usability.
Make no mistake, Microsoft knows that it's playing catch up in the mobile marketplace, but history has taught us never to write off the big M.
WebOS phones
It's also worth keeping an eye on HP. The company has already confirmed that it will be launching a webOS powered tablet device in early 2011, dubbed the PalmPad, but it's fairly safe to assume that we'll be seeing some new webOS phones as well.
HP had previously used Windows Mobile to drive its smartphones, but after paying over a billion Dollars to buy Palm, we're going to go out on a limb and assume that the majority of HP mobile devices will be sporting webOS from now on.
Even though the Palm Pre 2 was a little anticlimactic, we still think that HP could pull a pretty compelling smartphone out of the hat in 2011.