NOTE THE CAVEAT:
IDC’s estimates hinge on Nokia transitioning smoothly to Windows Phone, something a few analysts perceive as easier said than done. Once the news emerged that Nokia planned on abandoning its Symbian platform, sales of Symbian devices began a precipitous drop—and Nokia’s Windows Phone devices aren’t expected to hit the market before the end of 2011.
Whether or not the Nokia transition ultimately succeeds, Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to buttress Windows Phone’s capabilities. During a May 24 press event in New York City, Microsoft executives demonstrated some of the top-line features of the upcoming “Mango” update, including multitasking, a redesigned Xbox Live Hub, visual voicemail, the ability to consolidate friends and colleagues into groups within the platform’s “People” Hub, and Local Scout, which offers a view of everything to see and do in a particular neighborhood. The “People” Hub will also include data from Twitter and LinkedIn, as well as the ability to share and tag photos.
For enterprise users, Mango will offer the ability to search a server for email items no longer stored on the device, and share and save Office documents via Office 365 and Windows SkyDrive. There’s also an upgraded Internet experience, one that tightly bakes Microsoft’s Bing search engine into the interface.
But if IDC is to be believed, it’ll be Nokia—and not all those nifty features—that eventually make Windows Phone a true smartphone force.
Really? From a PC point of view, Mac OS system sales grew 25% while overall PC sales grew 2%. Can you say a loss of market share? I can’t imagine this going direction in the handheld market.
Really? From a PC point of view, Mac OS system sales grew 25% while overall PC sales grew 2%. Can you say a loss of market share? I can’t imagine this going direction in the handheld market.
I do so love a good healthy competition. All those techs and software writers striving to provide me the maximum bang for my tech dollar.
Right - and the Polish Cavalry were confident in their ability to repel the Nazi Blitzkrieg in 1939. Windows had its day but that day is no more. It’s a new world out there.
I wonder if the author has ever actually *used* a windows mobile phone?
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...