While Microsoft pushes its Windows Phone platform to try and regain ground in the consumer market, a New York Times article points out an area where Windows Mobile is losing ground: ruggedized industrial units. Used throughout the retail sector, by couriers, in healthcare, and a variety of other places, rugged handsets are relied upon, and historically these have run the old-style Windows Mobile — up to version 6.5. The NYT suggests that, with Microsoft largely ignoring the enterprise sector in its mobile push, developers could well turn to rival operating systems such as Android to keep up with the modern features that end-users are coming to expect.