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IDC Moble Phone Tracker Report: Windows Phones to Overtake iPhone iOS by 2015
PC World ^ | 06/11/2011 | By Keir Thomas

Posted on 06/12/2011 9:45:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder if the author has ever actually *used* a windows mobile phone?


21 posted on 06/12/2011 11:45:38 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: tennmountainman

Palm invented the smart phone.

In the US, Blackberry overtook them, globally, is was Nokia.

Apple relatively recently entered the market. I’m not sure they ever held the top spot in the US, I know they never held the top spot globally.

Overtaking iOS is a relatively unambitious goal.


22 posted on 06/12/2011 11:50:44 AM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: papertyger

Supposedly the new ones works quite nicely.

I’m not sure if I like the big blue and purple icons.


23 posted on 06/12/2011 11:51:23 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: dangerdoc

Good example. But where is Palm now?
BTW, I owned several Palms and the browsers never worked well.


24 posted on 06/12/2011 11:54:38 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: tennmountainman; SeekAndFind
They [Microsoft] NEVER develop products ahead of Apple. They simply follow Apples lead.

Unfortunately, in the mobile space, Microsoft was years ahead of Apple.

You guys need a fact-checker to prevent you from regurgitating such lies.

On smartphones and PDAs, Microsft started with Windows CE in 1996 and kept developing/improving all the way through Windows Mobile 6.5 that was just discontinued.

Microsoft smartphones were far more capable than today's iPhone, but were hampered by hardware and network limitations.

Microsoft was also in tablets long before Apple, launching Windows for Pen Computing in 2001.

Ever hear of Windows XP Tablet Edition? It was geared to touchscreens and stylus input (for signatures, drawing and editing). Windows-based tablets are widely used in medical and other industries. These are work devices, not media players.

Lastly, the first music player was the Rio, launched in 1998. That was three years before Apple sold the first iPod. Yes, that was 4 years before Microsoft launched the Zune.

Oh, and if Microsoft is so far behind Apple, why do they have the XBox with Kinect (that Apple lost due to their irrational demands) and Apple still does not offer a gaming system?

25 posted on 06/12/2011 12:04:26 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: tennmountainman

It’s not exactly as if Apple invented the mobile phone.


26 posted on 06/12/2011 12:14:39 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I never said Apple invented the mobile phone.


27 posted on 06/12/2011 12:17:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: tennmountainman

Was that before or after they invented the internet?


28 posted on 06/12/2011 4:36:20 PM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman!)
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Apple did not invent the internet, one of their board members did.


29 posted on 06/12/2011 5:10:49 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: tennmountainman

Palm was years late delivering their next generation OS. Then when it did hit, the hardware sucked wind. It was suicide.


30 posted on 06/12/2011 5:16:56 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: SeekAndFind

the new windows phone 7 speaks for itself....BADLY.

nokia will not be helped and windows phone 7 will not help.

if anyone wants a closed phone system they would buy iphones not iphone done badly.

nokia was supposed to help symbian become dominant...


31 posted on 06/13/2011 9:02:56 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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