Windows 10 will also support a method for getting Android and iOS apps running on Windows. This is a good move for Microsoft, but it's probably also the mobile platform's only hope. It's not ideal ...

But there are still a number of lingering questions about running Android apps on Windows Phone. First and foremost, it’s unclear how Microsoft would plan to get Android apps onto a device.

If Windows and Windows Phone can't ever get the app support that Android offers, then Microsoft goes the BlackBerry route: run the same apps, or at least a subset of them.

But if Windows 8 were able to run apps made in Windows Phone 7, it would be a huge boost for the tablet side of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, but with potential problems as well.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling out a set of updates to its Windows Phone Bing ...