Worldwide, shipments of smart mobile devices is up 81% in the first quarter of 2005 versus the same quarter in 2004. Symbian still ranks number 1 with 64% share. Microsoft is in second place with 18% share. MS shipments are up 44% over last year. PalmSource comes in third with 10% share and decreased shipments 13% from last year.
By individual vendor, HP is in 5th place, well down the list. That speaks volumes about the number of MS OEMs in the "other" category. There are a lot of them and they are all doing well to have Windows Mobile firmly planted in second place. :way to go:
Much as I'm a hardcore WinCE user/hacker, I'm delighted to see Nokia does so well with Symbian (a considerable amount of Finland's IT sector is developing for Symbian, and Nokia's decline would mean a big hit for both Finland's economy and, particularly, IT sector.)
So what OS versions are being counted as Smartphones:
Symbian 60 and above, I assume. Is Symbian 40 included?
Microsoft WM 2003 Smartphone (ie. MPX220) and the standard Pocket PC phones, (6315, iMate JAM, etc.)?
Just curious...
TMann
It has to just be 60+. If the Series 40 and equivalent devices were included, then WM, Palm, RIM, and even Series 60+ would all be just rounding errors.
The real interesting thing that's not shown by these figures is that WM is staking out a pretty solid #2 rating in much of the world, but in the US it's definitely #3. More than 80% of the treos are sold in the US.
The funny/depressing? thought about it is that P1 insists on putting BT on everything (which is needed in europe, where they have terrible sales), and refuse to put built-in wifi on basically anything (which is very useful in the US).
While this is Pocket PC site, so the news points to 40-odd % increase in MS share, but in all fairness, it must be said that Symbian (read Nokia) is way - way ahead.
While this is Pocket PC site, so the news points to 40-odd % increase in MS share, but in all fairness, it must be said that Symbian (read Nokia) is way - way ahead.
And that, to me, is just great
A 40% increase in 'not a heck of a lot' is 40% more of 'not a heck of a lot' Does this cover any of the Japanese Mobile phones? I'm betting no. If not, scale appropriately...
While this is Pocket PC site, so the news points to 40-odd % increase in MS share, but in all fairness, it must be said that Symbian (read Nokia) is way - way ahead.
And that, to me, is just great
A 40% increase in 'not a heck of a lot' is 40% more of 'not a heck of a lot' Does this cover any of the Japanese Mobile phones? I'm betting no. If not, scale appropriately...
actually in japan there are more symbian phones tehn WM phones out.
not to mention, symbian went up by 144 % which is a hell lot more
While this is Pocket PC site, so the news points to 40-odd % increase in MS share, but in all fairness, it must be said that Symbian (read Nokia) is way - way ahead.
And that, to me, is just great
A 40% increase in 'not a heck of a lot' is 40% more of 'not a heck of a lot' Does this cover any of the Japanese Mobile phones? I'm betting no. If not, scale appropriately...
actually in japan there are more symbian phones tehn WM phones out.
not to mention, symbian went up by 144 % which is a h-ll lot more
Yep, that's pretty much what I was getting at. Symbian and Mobile Java rules the mobile world in Japan (and that is a BIG market to say the least).
Microsoft #2 Mobile Device OS After Symbian - Up 44% Over 2004
(a considerable amount of Finland's IT sector is developing for Symbian, and Nokia's decline would mean a big hit for both Finland's economy and, particularly, IT sector.)
Does this cover any of the Japanese Mobile phones? I'm betting no. If not, scale appropriately...
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