What always boggles my mind when I read this kind of article on an 'enterprisy' site is the comments. Many of them are extremely quick to defend Microsoft in the face of what they consider biased reporting. And J.Q.Public promises that MS will fix any problem mentioned. And that MS will come to dominate the field as soon as they chose to 'really turn on the pressure'.<p>Personally, I can understand Apple fan-people (after all, it is kind of magical). And Linux fan-people (after all, the whole Freedom thing is kind of magical).<p>But defending Microsoft (or Blackberry, to take another example)? To me, it seems like being a huge fan of Gap fashion (sorry, for the comparison, Gap). Or Con-Ed.
It must be disheartening to be <i>losing</i> market share after launching WP7. That said, these numbers are a bit deceiving for two reasons:<p>1) WP7 + Windows Mobile is probably still growing in absolute numbers, but just being outpaced by Android and iOS growth<p>2) These numbers only represent consumer devices, not business; from the comScore report: "Data on mobile phone usage refers to a respondent’s primary mobile phone and does not include data related to a respondent’s secondary device.". In particular, many people have iPhone's for personal use and a BlackBerry/Windows phone for business use.<p>edit: formatting
This is not quite accurate since the smartphone market is growing... fast. This means that Microsoft sales might have grown, but they still don't get up to the smartphone market growth. Android and iPhone began from 0% market-share and they climbed quick. There is room for another Operating System and may be more. Microsoft brings up something different. It's not as open as Android and not so closed like Apple (At least, you choose the device).<p>It's too early to judge. Also Microsoft has lots of cash to advertise its' smartphone platform. That's something that not all of the competitors have.
I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that Nokia isn't betting the whole farm on WP7. They managed to drum up loads of interest in Meego with the N9 and I hope it's not the end of the line.
I love the Metro UI, but the only time I have seen it was when a MSFT employee demoed it.<p>Outside of TV commercials, I have not seen a single WP7 phone in the wild.<p>Hopefully Nokia can make WP7 sexy and mainstream.
The problem is that they haven't updated or made any splashes since the launch. Yes, the Mango update has been floating around but consumers are always asking "what have you done for me lately?"