Is Windows Mobile Vanishing?

[Q_Q]

WinMob dying would kill MS.
Seriously, all projections calls for Mobile Computing to be the biggest computer sector to grow in the next 10 years.
MS needs to be in the race for sure. Rebranding WinMob brand name would be the only thing I would think they would do besides obviously dedicating a full rebuilt & upgrade in this next version.

[quickstang]

Originally Posted by Q_Q

WinMob dying would kill MS.
Seriously, all projections calls for Mobile Computing to be the biggest computer sector to grow in the next 10 years.
MS needs to be in the race for sure. Rebranding WinMob brand name would be the only thing I would think they would do besides obviously dedicating a full rebuilt & upgrade in this next version.

http://www.notebooks.com/2010/01/22/...wsing-by-2013/

So if this was the case, I wonder who would win? I think it will all depends on first and foremost, the browser. Second, the LTE or 4G, or whatever will be out by then, and then the phone.

It could be all different, but it's just a guess.

OS information.....http://blog.connectedplanetonline.co...e-os-rankings/

You can buy a study for $4,500

[NIKKG]

SERO SERO SERO. Thats the ONLY thing keeping WinMo alive, without it, I guarantee half the people here would be in the Android forum. M$ messed up badly this time, that WinMo 7 better be all that and a bag of chips or its game over for them.

[Paragon]

Originally Posted by NIKKG

SERO SERO SERO. Thats the ONLY thing keeping WinMo alive, without it, I guarantee half the people here would be in the Android forum.

LOL....If ALL the people here moved to the Android forum it still wouldn't be enough to even register on the scale.

[NIKKG]

...Once you get that Android MightyROM, than you know its game over for WinMO.

[redd214]

that article seems to be mistitled. seems theyre just scaling back wm but completlery getting rid of symbian

[nmhusa]

The demise of the PalmOs was also a matter of debate following the updates to the Windows Mobile and Symbian Operating systems. If Windows 7 fails to address the major complaints of the die hard users (myself included) I would not be surprised if Windows Mobile finds itself being dropped. Keep in mind that even if Microsoft tries to keep it alive by purchasing a phone manufacturer, they may be unable to make a dent in the established leader Symbian or the new kids on the block i.e. Apple and Android.

Time will tell.

Out of all the current contenders Android seems to have the most promise as an open OS. Apple still stands a good chance of taking over if thy start producing a wider range of handsets.

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by nmhusa

The demise of the PalmOs was also a matter of debate following the updates to the Windows Mobile and Symbian Operating systems. If Windows 7 fails to address the major complaints of the die hard users (myself included) I would not be surprised if Windows Mobile finds itself being dropped. Keep in mind that even if Microsoft tries to keep it alive by purchasing a phone manufacturer, they may be unable to make a dent in the established leader Symbian or the new kids on the block i.e. Apple and Android.

Time will tell.

Out of all the current contenders Android seems to have the most promise as an open OS. Apple still stands a good chance of taking over if thy start producing a wider range of handsets.

Microsoft has a bigger market share than Android right now. It's Android who is trying to do the catching up...

Oh yeah, and Microsoft already owns a phone manufacturer- Danger (makers of Sidekick). So they have everything ready to go if they decide to make their own phone.

[quickstang]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Microsoft has a bigger market share than Android right now. It's Android who is trying to do the catching up...

Oh yeah, and Microsoft already owns a phone manufacturer- Danger (makers of Sidekick). So they have everything ready to go if they decide to make their own phone.

Supposedly the new news is that the Sidekick is being phased out.

http://www.electronista.com/articles....of.sidekicks/

Now I see the project pink, but according to Engadget, it will be geared towards teens and 20 somethings. For me, I dont fit into this category.

You are right that Android is trying to catch up, but the way it looks, it wont take long before they do.

In fact, posted 55 minutes ago at 9:09 pm which was WAY after my post this morning, I am reading this...

http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wi...hone-slot-2013

"In the report, IDC's crystal ball is figuring that from the meager beginnings of 690,000 Android units in 2008, there should be 68 million Android-based devices on the market by 2013, putting in second place on the mobile device market. That's a compound annual growth rate of 150.4 percent, for those of you keeping score at home."

"While news from IDC doesn't specify the fate of Blackberry and Windows Mobile, it would be more than fair to guess that Blackberry has been taking (and will continue to take) a beating from Apple's iPhone and the smaller number of apps, compared to iPhone and even now, Android."

"As for Windows Mobile, it's been virtually invisible on the mobile scene, having been distinctly absent from the CES show in Vegas earlier this month. There's been some buzz lately around Windows Mobile 7, but mostly with Microsoft's Robbie Bach (President, Entertainment & Devices Division) talking smack about Android at CES rather than promote WM7. Maybe it's my Midwestern upbringing showing, but if you have to trash talk a competitor before your product is even near launch, that strikes me as being less-than-confident about your work."

Did someone read my post about this topic and write about it? lol

[i360]

Android will own all in a couple of years I can see it already.

- Not an Android, Apple or Windows fan-boy by any stretch