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Microsoft Only OS Vender Losing U.S. Smartphone Marketshare, Apple Seizes Second | |
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| Time: 10:00 EST/15:00 GMT | News Source: Daily Tech | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Windows Mobile continues to slip, though it remains the third biggest player on the market
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| #1 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 12/17/2009 3:47:19 PM |
| Where's Sinofsky when you need him? |
| #2 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 12/18/2009 8:13:33 AM |
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I am amazed as everybody is so fixated with the iPhone; granted Apple changed the game but the real threat for MS is Android, not the iPhone.
Hopefully by now Ballmer and Co. will have had enough time to read Sun Tzu and his remarks about who laugh and when. |
| #3 By 37 (217.91.196.83) at 12/19/2009 1:57:41 PM |
| iPhone is better than the Android offering for the "average" consumer for now. |
| #4 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 12/20/2009 8:26:43 AM |
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#3: As you correctly stated: for now absolutely.
Said that Android is accelerating exponentially; the rumored Nexus seems to be a very appealing piece of hardware and awareness of the Android OS is growing quite fast among general consumers. It will be interesting to see what Apple will present later this year to replace the 3Gs; another evolutionary improvement of the original concept, a concept that was undoubtedly a breaktrough and completely change the game, could not be enough to substain the iPhone momentum but, like him or not and I personally do not, Steve Jobs is a genius in creating the momentum so I am sure he will have something.... This post was edited by Fritzly on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 08:27. |
| #5 By 89249 (70.177.97.103) at 12/20/2009 5:28:16 PM |
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What happened with the Mac will happen with the iPhone. Apple will become stubborn and refuse to offer up what the market wants. In turn those willing to do so will take them over and they will fade off into a fad micro market.
Fritz is right on point with Droid and WM. WM7 & Droid will duke it out for top spot for the foreseeable future. I'd give the upper hand to WM7 assuming the produce a solid full browser/multitouch GUI since there is so much talent out there already capable of writing apps for windows. Every single developer that writes apps for windows will be able to write apps for WM7 right out of the gate. Time will tell. I bought my $100 iphone as a lifeboat to get me to see WM7 before choosing. The iPhone is a PoS as a phone... and I live in an area where AT&T actually has decent coverage/service. It has cute apps that every other phone has and a solid browser. It doesn't take much for other phones to get those features. Micro SD options, replacable batteries, more App freedom will push Droid and most likely WM7 over apple w/i 2 years. |
| #6 By 37 (96.42.32.6) at 12/23/2009 3:50:16 AM |
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WM doesn't hold a chance against the iPhone IMO. The iPhone has become and will continue to be the smart mobile phone of choice for the foreseeable future. It will be and is becoming the iPod of mp3 players. No coincidence that it is an iPod as well.
With Apple's most recent acquisition, LaLa, it's quite apparent that the next step for them is a similar subscription service for music (similar to the Zune Pass). Something that people have been asking for for years now. Add to that, more carriers will start offering iPhones (most likely) once the AT&T contract is up, offering an even larger market saturation. We are even seeing rumors as of this week that Verizon is ramping up for releasing the iPhone next year, building up their network backbone. With Apple's never ending commitment to making their products thinner, smaller, sleeker, added features, more HDD space, longer battery life and continuous attention to detail in the UI, look for the next iPhone (4g?) to raise the bar. The biggest thing that iPhone has going for it (which is hard to stop) is brand recognition and it's iPod inclusion. The 100,000+ apps are just the icing on the cake. Like the Macbooks and iMac, Apple will not rest on it's laurels, as the will continue to evolve the iPhone product successfully. If they can do it with the iMac and Macbooks so well, they can do it here too. Now, about that Apple TV. Let it die already. This post was edited by AWBrian on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 03:51. |
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