It is official. Microsoft has apple envy. It is clear that microsoft now sees the iphone platform as a major threat to its os dominance. It is feeling the heat from the netbooks on pcs, google on the web, and now iphone on the mobile front. When the going gets tough, they copy. So it is not surprising to see their announcement today that their new windows mobile 6.5 os offers a mobile application marketplace similar to the popular iphone appstore. I am happy to see the mobile platforms opening up more and more thanks to apple’s iphone. It is about time.