Comments on: Despite All the Hurdles, Windows Mobile Still Sells… http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/01/despite-all-the-hurdles-windows-mobile-still-sells/ Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: doogald http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/01/despite-all-the-hurdles-windows-mobile-still-sells/comment-page-1/#comment-14668 doogald Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:44:42 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/01/despite-all-the-hurdles-windows-mobile-still-sells/#comment-14668 I was just looking back at Gartner's results for Q3 2008, which was posted in early December, and they had 36.5 million smartphones total for the quarter, with 11.1% Windows Mobile - fourth behind Symbian, Blackberry, and OS X - or 4 million for the quarter. Growth was falling each of the first three quarters, and WM share had fallen 3%. Based on this, based on the poor global economy, based on the fact that we'll have a full year of Android and webOS - they may limp in at 20 million if they reach the number at all. I know that in December I am leaving WM and going with something else, so I am one lost statistic. I was just looking back at Gartner’s results for Q3 2008, which was posted in early December, and they had 36.5 million smartphones total for the quarter, with 11.1% Windows Mobile – fourth behind Symbian, Blackberry, and OS X – or 4 million for the quarter. Growth was falling each of the first three quarters, and WM share had fallen 3%.

Based on this, based on the poor global economy, based on the fact that we’ll have a full year of Android and webOS – they may limp in at 20 million if they reach the number at all. I know that in December I am leaving WM and going with something else, so I am one lost statistic.

]]> By: Pony99CA http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/01/despite-all-the-hurdles-windows-mobile-still-sells/comment-page-1/#comment-14634 Pony99CA Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:29:59 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/01/despite-all-the-hurdles-windows-mobile-still-sells/#comment-14634 Combined with the recent competition from Android and now Palm, plus the iPhone's continuing popularity and Microsoft supposedly cutting back on the number of handsets, I think selling 20 million this year will be tough -- unless WM 6.5 is more than people are expecting. They'll need to sell more units of each handset in the face of some tough competition. I hope they can pull it off, but I'll be surprised if they move 20 million again in 2009. Steve Combined with the recent competition from Android and now Palm, plus the iPhone’s continuing popularity and Microsoft supposedly cutting back on the number of handsets, I think selling 20 million this year will be tough — unless WM 6.5 is more than people are expecting.

They’ll need to sell more units of each handset in the face of some tough competition. I hope they can pull it off, but I’ll be surprised if they move 20 million again in 2009.

Steve

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