I’ve been paying a lot of interest to news about smartphones over the last couple of months, as I’m coming up to my annual upgrade. Currently I’m packing two phones, a Nokia N95 for personal use and a HTC S620 for work, and I can’t work out which platform, Symbian or Windows Mobile, I should get for my next phone. I love how the N95 is great for call handling, texting, internet use, taking pictures etc but I love the QWERTY keyboard and Microsoft Exchange support on the S620.
However, I think Windows Mobile is a shocking OS for standard phone features and it appears that other consumers tend to agree with me. In the US, Canalys.com is reporting that Apple grabbed 28% of the smartphone market and 6.5% globally for the fourth quarter of 2007, shipping 2,320,840 of its popular iPhone handset, and putting it in 3rd place behind Symbian and RIM based devices, with Windows Mobile devices coming in fourth at 21%.
I didn’t realise that Windows Mobile devices were so unpopular. I guess they are so unpopular because if people really want a smartphone they buy a RIM device, and most Nokia sales aren’t to people who want a ‘smartphone’, they are to people who just want a good phone and camera, that just happens to be a smartphone.
Back to my purchase. I really don’t know what I’m going to get to upgrade my Nokia N95. I’m just praying that Nokia or another Symbian handset manufacturer, brings out a device that has a full QWERTY keyboard as well as good Microsoft Exchange support. If I can find such a device, then I can ditch the S620 and carry only one phone around with me. At the moment the only two devices that meet these requirements are the E61i and the P1, and I’m not a big fan of either.
Is the 21% you cited for the United States or global?
I’d hate to think you are smearing facts to make a case for your own personal opinion regarding Windows Mobile.
Don’t know about you but I have a Blackjack II using Windows Mobile 6.1 and I love it. Guess what phone it replaced? Yep. The iPhone
Is the 21% you cited for the United States or global?
I’d hate to think you are smearing facts to make a case for your own personal opinion regarding Windows Mobile.
Don’t know about you but I have a Blackjack II using Windows Mobile 6.1 and I love it. Guess what phone it replaced? Yep. The iPhone
@Andrew
Trust me, I’m not an iPhone lover – in fact I’m getting a WM phone next, well kind of…..
@Andrew
Trust me, I’m not an iPhone lover – in fact I’m getting a WM phone next, well kind of…..
Whoever said the vitrual keyboard isn’t a hassle obviously does not use the iPhone regularly for emails, texts, and web surfing. I found myself often having difficulties typing on it and often sending weird messages because of the phones autocomplete feature. Sony Xperia will be a great phone I am excited and will probably end up getting one just to get one.
Whoever said the vitrual keyboard isn’t a hassle obviously does not use the iPhone regularly for emails, texts, and web surfing. I found myself often having difficulties typing on it and often sending weird messages because of the phones autocomplete feature. Sony Xperia will be a great phone I am excited and will probably end up getting one just to get one.