machistmo
Active Member
Competition. I remember when MS was investing 750 million in Apple to keep them floating so they could point to them and say " See Justice Department, we have direct competition" And now. Well. Both Companies are still Cash machines and I agree that to count anyone out would be silly at this point. Apple has a UGE lead and brand loyalty that will be hard to chip away for MS. People are also heavily invested into that ECOSystem. My neighbor had QVC on this afternoon and at the bottom of the Screen in the left corner it said...
ORDER on MOBILE:
iPhone or iPad
Android or Blackberry
NO Windows Mobile. In fact a few years ago we looked at different ecosystems for our company and did some serious research, 3 months or so worth. When the project to decide on a mobile platform started, Windows Phone had almost 8% of the market and by the time we were ready to decide that share had fallen to just over 2%. Windows Mobile has a long road with little or no turning in front of it. I don't mean to trash MS here, but wow have they have *Expletive Deleted* up by the numbers in just about every way you can in the last few years.
ORDER on MOBILE:
iPhone or iPad
Android or Blackberry
NO Windows Mobile. In fact a few years ago we looked at different ecosystems for our company and did some serious research, 3 months or so worth. When the project to decide on a mobile platform started, Windows Phone had almost 8% of the market and by the time we were ready to decide that share had fallen to just over 2%. Windows Mobile has a long road with little or no turning in front of it. I don't mean to trash MS here, but wow have they have *Expletive Deleted* up by the numbers in just about every way you can in the last few years.