11-06-2003, 04:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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One Hundred Million (100,000,000) Smartphones and Pocket PCs by 2007
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=126245&liFlavourID=1&sp=1
"Microsoft has set a target to sell 100 million personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows by 2007. The goal was set by Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer for the company's Windows Mobile unit, and shows that Microsoft is serious about this market, said Douglas Dedo, marketing manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft."
Granted, a lot of those will be Smartphones, but many here have started claiming that MS doesn't care about the Pocket PC. I think this shows otherwise. Only the market will tell in the future if there is room for the PDA, which really falls into an argument about semantics. Is it still a "Pocket PC" if it is clamshell, has a cell phone radio built in but retains a touch screen? Maybe that is a Smartphone, maybe that is a hybrid. Either way, it is a device that allows for data centric users that today's Pocket PC targets.
Did you say 100 million?
The other interesting tidbit mentioned was Pocket PC sales. "Windows-based PDAs in the first half of 2003 grew 32% over the previous year to 1.95 million, according to Gartner." 1.95 million units and there is only one week of Windows Mobile 2003 devices in that. 8O
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11-06-2003, 06:56 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2003
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wm2003 rocks, no wonder it sells so well, apart from the occasional disfunctional alarms 
Anyways, I think it is acheivable, especially with the larger resolutions becoming available. The Tablet PC has got a competitor soon enough I say!
-Justin.
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11-06-2003, 09:49 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Did you say....
100 MILLION personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows?
Mmmuahahahaha. Muahahahahaha. MUAHahahahahha.
MUAHhahahahahaha!
MUAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
HA ha....
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uhum.
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11-06-2003, 12:52 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Fitch
Did you say....
100 MILLION personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows?
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:rotfl:
That pic goes on the front page. :way to go:
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11-06-2003, 01:48 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Ballmer must have been running around in his butterfly costume when he said that...
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11-06-2003, 04:41 PM
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11-06-2003, 05:06 PM
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Pontificator
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And you were wondering the future of the ppc :roll:
I like the pic, and yes it does belong on the front page. Glad I saw it there
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11-06-2003, 06:13 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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My MPx200 winds up with a soft reset every other day. Sometimes this reset requires removing the battery. Most consumers aren't going to put up with rebooting their phone (or with alarms that don't work)!
 pclove: I pine for the days when my analog StarTac just worked or was dead.
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11-06-2003, 08:43 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I think you mean "semantics" :wink:
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11-06-2003, 09:15 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by DareDevilNZ
I think you mean "semantics" :wink:
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Fixed.
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