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OK here is what I found so far. I tried to pick different articles so you won't say that it's all from one source. And believe or not, I'm still finding more and more.
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Lets look at these one by one and see if any of them are qualified to say anything about Windows Mobile from a business perspective, or just some tech bloggers telling us which platform they like the best.
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This artcle was written by, and this is a copy and paste from your link: "Saul Hansell is a technology reporter for the New York Times..."
He is NOT making a business case against Windows Mobile. He is making a case for which platform he prefers.
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This artcle was written by, and this is a copy and paste from your link: "Chris is a high-functioning high school and college dropout..."
Are you serious? This guy is obviously not making a business case against Windows Mobile either.
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This artcle was written by, and this is a copy and paste from your link: "Carmi Levy is a Canadian-based independent technology analyst and journalist still trying to live down his past life leading help desks..."
Again this is obviously not claiming to be a business case against Windows Mobile.
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This artcle was written by, and this is a copy and paste from your link: "Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience..."
Again, he is clearly NOT making a business case against Windows Mobile.
First off, none of those are business cases against Windows Mobile. None of those guys are even claiming they are qualified to tell us what a corporation needs to do to succeed. It is a bunch of tech bloggers telling us why they like whichever platform better.
As for my links, here you go (again):
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/c/a...-Mobile-sales/
And the relevant quote:
"Microsoft sold more than 18 million copies of its Windows Mobile operating system for phones and other mobile devices in 2008, it announced, a new annual record."
So now we know that MS sold a record number of Windows Mobile smartphones just last year.
Here is some proof that 2 year contracts are the norm in the USA:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/te...y/10money.html
SO now we can put 2 and 2 together, and we know that most of those all time high sales customers from last year, have 2 year contracts so they are likely still using Windows Mobile devices.
Here's one by the same guy at the New York times you linked to:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...he-magic-back/
MS is shown in a much more positive light in that one. Again though, this is not a business case for WIndows Mobiloe, just an opinion based on what the author thinks as a consumer.
Here is the proof that the Touch pro 2 is the hottest business device right now and Verizon had trouble keeping it in stock:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=99651
and
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/veriz...-to-iphone-3gs
How is Microsoft's stock doing? Lets find out:
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=M...urce=undefined
What do the professional analysts say about it? Lets find out:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ao?s=MSFT
Adding it all up- Windows Mobile, while not selling as much as the iPhone (but still more than Android) has more customers right now than they ever have before. With Windows Mobile 7 due out next year, and a large percentage of Windows Mobile users due for a new device subsidy at that same time, big things are expected next year.