04-27-2005, 08:30 PM
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Microsoft #2 Mobile Device OS After Symbian - Up 44% Over 2004
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2005/r2005041.htm
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:
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04-27-2005, 08:54 PM
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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.)
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04-27-2005, 09:23 PM
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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
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04-27-2005, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TMann
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
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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).
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04-28-2005, 12:15 AM
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take a look at the newest symbian phones by nokia
N91 => 4GB hard drive, 2mpix camera, carl zeiss optics, usb mass storage, 156g, wifi, 3G, edge .. do I have to continue ?
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04-28-2005, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by orol
take a look at the newest symbian phones by nokia
N91 => 4GB hard drive, 2mpix camera, carl zeiss optics, usb mass storage, 156g, wifi, 3G, edge .. do I have to continue ? |
woww, dropped my jaws. not to mention it's USB2 / Bluetooth 2.0 and the wlan is b/g. I'm pretty sure the Mobile War is just starting
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04-28-2005, 05:29 AM
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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
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04-28-2005, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Bajan Cherry
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...
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04-28-2005, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by zetsurin
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Originally Posted by Bajan Cherry
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
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04-29-2005, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by orol
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Originally Posted by zetsurin
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Originally Posted by Bajan Cherry
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).
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