Windows Mobile 7: Too Late to Save Microsoft?
Microsoft’s problem stretches back at least as far as February 2007, when Windows Mobile 6 showed up on scene looking like an antique beside the just-announced iPhone. At that point, Windows Mobile held about a 14 percent share of the world smartphone market – already down from a high of 23 percent in 2004. But things would get much worse.
As Apple, Google and Palm devised their own slick, touch-based operating systems, Microsoft’s share slid even more. By the most recent numbers, Windows Mobile has a nine percent share, behind Apple at 13.7, RIM at 20.9, and Symbian at 50.3.
It has its own stagnation to blame. Who would have thought, back in 2007, that Windows Mobile would still be hiding behind the 6.X version number over three years later? Besides feeble 6.1 and 6.5 point revisions, the modern history of Windows Mobile has practically stood still in an era when competitors have raced ahead at full steam.
Rumblings of Windows Mobile 7 can be heard as far back as early 2008. But Microsoft has taken to following George Brussard’s Duke Nukem Forever release schedule: No delay is too insane. After originally claiming a 2009 release date, the entire year came and went, and we’re now well into the next one without any news. Even if it can stick to a rumored fall 2010 launch, the operating system is so late to the game that you have to wonder whether it should even bother suiting up.
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