Microsoft's Ballmer: Android phones are boring, overcomplicated

. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has never been one to mince words, and the executive shared a few choice thoughts on Google's Android platform while speaking at the Web 2.0 conference on Tuesday. “You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone, but I think you do to use an Android phone,” Ballmer told Federated Media founder John Battelle during an interview on stage. He continued, “It is very hard to be excited, for me, about the Android phones.” Despite the platform's innovative user experience and its slick UI, sales of Windows Phone handsets have not been impressive thus far.

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