Comments on: NPD: Android Has Market Share, But Windows Phone Has Mindshare

By: Steven Blamer

Steven Blamer — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:01:22 +0000

Astonishing.
A psychopath has eloped from a psychiatric hospital.
And he will manage to make Nokia sink.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:45:57 +0000

Does anyone have research data on the % of smartphone buyers who decide on a purchase based on OPERATING SYSTEM versus (a) CARRIER or (b) HANDSET MAKER ?

Seems to me OS would be last on the list of these three decision factors, and i’m tempted to say your average Joe in flyover country has no idea what you guys are talking about…

By: WP7

WP7 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:37:46 +0000

The article is about Windows Phone and not Windows Mobile… Not sure why people still keep making this mistake. I guess MS is really doing a horrible job marketing the new platform.

By: Ninja1043

Ninja1043 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:37:26 +0000

I assume in the same place that Apple and Google keeps theirs. ;-)

By: Ninja1043

Ninja1043 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:34:06 +0000

You are VERY right. A new ship has spawned in it’s place: “WINDOWS PHONE”

The Windows Mobile ship sailed a long time ago. Sadly and regrettably, in terms of function, WM was ahead of it’s time.
Of course no matter how good it is, if it’s implementation is not adequate, its bound to fail.

If you are going to ridicule it, at least do it properly instead of trolling.

By: sdbryan

sdbryan — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:35:06 +0000

The Zune compares favorably to a current iPod touch running iOS4 and iOS5 in a few days? That is its competition. It isn’t practical to verify because MS shown so little commitment to that market and their customers. MS’s spastic behavior in this market (portable media players), first abandoning their business partners with the Plays-for-sure fiasco and then essentially dropping the ball (any PMP for WPhone 7?). The scorn they receive for Zune is fair because they’ve earrrned it.

By: Avatar Roku

Avatar Roku — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:51:57 +0000

For the past few months I’ve been using a Samsung Focus running WP7.5 Mango and it is a game changer in my opinion. The OS is so much more alive and well thought out compared to Android. This has to be the fastest and smoothest experience I’ve had with a smartphone. Apps are far more stable too, never see force closes like I get on Android all the time. It is hard to describe how much better and accurate the keyboard and auto correction is. I used to only buy smartphones with physical keyboards, after using Mango I don’t think there is a reason for them to exist anymore.

The instant on camera and social network integration are amazing. The app situation is not bad either. They have about 32,000 apps and thousands more in waiting for the tons of new features that Mango will enable like augmented reality, background audio, and video chat. This an amazing OS that you would be a fool to not try out. There’s a reason why Microsoft has made Windows Phone OS the blueprint for every interface they make from Xbox to Windows 8.

By: rt

rt — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:36:14 +0000

Where does Microsoft keep their army of blog responders? India or China?

By: Sigh

Sigh — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:02:09 +0000

I love how people comment on the phone without using one. Same for the comment on the Zune. Have you ever used a Zune? It’s regarded as the best music player on the market. Microsoft blew it and it never took off but as a device it’s a great experience. Take a look at the reviews for the 32gb zune hd on Amazon and get back to me.

By: Daniel Eran Dilger

Daniel Eran Dilger — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:58:22 +0000

WP7 has a unique layer of UI, but it quickly turns into a Zune experience when you work on it: it feels slow and unfinished. It is a great first two-seconds impression but spend 2 minutes with it and you’ll be puzzled how this piece of crap shipped at all.

It is nowhere near the iPhone in overall polish, let alone features that are important to business users (where Android also fails). WP7 is largely an alternative to Android, as both can essentially run on the same type of hardware around the same cost. But the market has had over a year to respond to WP7, and the response has been clear: open to Android, not interested at all in WP7.

In that year, Microsoft has released a minor update while Apple has advanced features well down the field with the soon to hit iOS 5. It’s hard to catch up when you’re not selling anything at all.