Tag Archive | "Windows Mobile"
Study finds most business professionals choose the iPhone over Android
While Android continues to make headway in overall smartphone marketshare, Google’s mobile OS apparently can’t muster up much of a fight amongst business users. Intermedia is a company with over 320,000 managed Microsoft Exchange accounts,making it the world’s largest Exchange hosting provider. That said, a recent study found that 61% of customers activating ActiveSync based [...]
Continue reading...Study: iPhone owners are the most loyal
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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GfK, a German market-research firm, recently surveyed 2,653 smartphone owners in Brazil, Germany, China, Britain, Spain, and the US and found that iPhone owners are by far the most loyal measured against all other mobile device owners. 59% of iPhone owners indicated that they plan on sticking with Apple for future phone purchases. 35% of [...]
Continue reading...The real reason behind Robbie Bach’s departure?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Horace Dediu writes: Bach lost a key account; in fact, he could be responsible for having lost the biggest account that Microsoft ever had. Ballmer is a sales guy and he knows the importance of these relationships. A customer like HP must be managed carefully and their strategy must be steered to fit with yours. [...]
Continue reading...10% of Microsoft employees reportedly own iPhones
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Even though Google is fast taking the lead, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more vibrant tech rivalry than Microsoft v. Apple, if only due to a historical competitiveness between two companies that stretches back more than 2 decades. If I may get nerdy on ya’ll for a second, I once tried to buy [...]
Continue reading...New details about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS emerge
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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With Windows Mobile now in the depths of despair, and lucky to even be included in a conversation about big time players in the mobile space, comes news that Windows Mobile 7 might make its debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress set to take place on February 15, 2010. Microsoft is reportedly confident that [...]
Continue reading...Rumor: Microsoft to come out with Zune phone in 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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The International Business Times reports that Microsoft is poised to launch some sort of Zune-esque smartphone in 2010 to better compete with Apple’s increasingly dominant iPhone. But much like Google’s strategy with the Nexus One, Microsoft won’t be manufacturing their own hardware, and will instead work closely with a third-party like HTC to put out [...]
Continue reading...Early build of Windows Mobile 7 not compatible with older apps
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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Eldar Murtazin is a Russian mobile phone guru who’s been able to get his hands on unreleased phones time and time again, and now he’s dishing on Windows Mobile 7 – the long awaited, and delayed, modern smartphone OS from Microsoft. According to Murtazin, the UI in Windows Mobile 7 borrows heavily from the iPhone [...]
Continue reading...iPhone users now exceed Windows Mobile users in the US
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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For the first time, the number of iPhone users in the US now exceeds the number of Windows Mobile users, according to a recent report released by ComScore. According to the report, there were about 9 million iPhone users in the US in October while the number of Windows Mobile users came in at around [...]
Continue reading...Windows Mobile 7 now delayed until late 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
Windows Mobile 7 just can’t catch a break. Originally scheduled to drop in 2009, the release of Windows Mobile 7 was then pushed back to early 2010. Not long after that, the release was pushed back to the second half of 2010. And now comes word that Microsoft’s effort at an advanced and modern smartphone [...]
Continue reading...Leaked HTC roadmap hints at more bad news for Windows Mobile
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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In just a matter of months, the discourse surrounding Windows Mobile has seemingly shifted from “Can it make a comeback?” to “Who the hell still runs Windows Mobile?” Though Microsoft is relying on the upcoming 2010 release of Windows Mobile 7 to help it recapture some of the marketshare it lost to Apple, RIM, Palm [...]
Continue reading...Not all mobile app stores are created equal – Why Microsoft’s mobile strategy stinks
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
It’s no secret that Windows Mobile is floundering, but what’s surprising is that Microsoft still doesn’t seem to be aware that they’re steering a sinking ship. Not only is Windows Mobile 6.5 light years behind the iPhone OS, but Microsoft’s mobile app store is also thin to the point of being comparably non-existent when held [...]
Continue reading...Windows Mobile on the decline as top cellphone makers shift to Android
Monday, October 26, 2009
Android didn’t really come out of nowhere, but with all the recent buzz and press releases that seem to center on Google’s mobile OS it sure feels like it. And one company that is certainly feeling the heat is Microsoft, whose Windows Mobile platform continues to decline in the face of mounting competition from the [...]
Continue reading...Alleged Windows Mobile 7 UI looks strangely familiar
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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The following snapshots reveal a Windows Mobile UI re-design that was reportedly planned for Windows Mobile 6.5, but for whatever reason, was subsequently pushed back to Windows Mobile 7. Call us crazy, but there’s something oddly familiar about these photos. via PocketNow
Continue reading...Say what?! Giorgio Armani plans to take on the iPhone
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Examiner reports: Giorgio Armani, one of the most recognizable names in luxury fashion, has partnered with Samsung to create a fashion-forward, $1000 mobile device that some believe is more elegant than the design of the iPhone. According to JK Shin, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics, “This latest generation mobile masterfully combines our experience [...]
Continue reading...iPhone market share continues to accelerate at an impressive rate in the US and worldwide
Monday, October 12, 2009
A recent report from Canalys indicates that iPhone marketshare in both in the US and abroad continues to accelerate at an impressive rate. Canalys’ data found that Apple’s share of the US smartphone market in Q2 2009 came in at 23%, up from 7% during the same period a year-ago and representing an astounding 365% increase year [...]
Continue reading...New Windows Mobile 6.5 commercial is almost as bad as the OS itself [Video]
Monday, October 12, 2009
After a slew of horrible Windows Mobile 6.5 reviews comes this equally abysmal commercial for Windows Mobile 6.5 To be fair, it’s not nearly as awkward and bad as the Windows 7 launch party tutorial, but this commercial seems to have been done by a High School Junior who thought it might be a cool [...]
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Friday, May 13, 2011
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