Both Nokia and Microsoft must be very pleased with this result: This could be the news they’ve both been waiting for. The Lumia 920 has beaten the iPhone and Blackberry to win the prestigious smartphone of the year award.

The Lumia 920 has received a lot of praise recently, being comparable to the HTC 8X in build quality & screen resolution.

The future could look a lot better for Microsoft & Nokia with the success of recent Windows 8 phone hardware, plus be the tight integration with enterprise computing such as Microsoft Exchange & Microsoft Office 365 should really help give these platforms the head start they need.