Phil Getzen has an interesting take on the future of Windows phone over on his blog. What makes this interesting isn't that someone is doubting the ability of Microsoft to gain traction in this market. That happens all the time. It's his stated reason, the Metro UI.

As I started looking at different UI and UX elements on my newly won phone, I was impressed. The design was clean, functional and didn’t look like complete shit like Android does. I thought to myself, why aren’t more developers attracted to this platform?

Then I started looking at apps (both stock and 3rd party), and I realized something. Every app looked the same. Every. Single. App.

I've been a big fan of what Microsoft has done with Metro. I thinks beautiful and very elegant, something lacking even in iOS. However, I've never used it on a regular basis and I think maybe he's got a point. Has Microsoft of all companies designed a UI that's too elegant for the majority of users?

Hat tip to Marco Arment.