Posts tagged Market Share
Microsoft Throws Cash at Developers
Jun 30th
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 team made an aggressive move last week in the mobile OS market. In an attempt to bring popular mobile applications to Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is offering iPhone Developers CASH to develop games for WP7. While it is still technically a “rumor” because Microsoft will not confirm, many popular iPhone developers have been surfacing their [new] relationships with Microsoft. Multiple sources are reporting that Microsoft is approaching popular iPhone developers with ‘significant cash offers’, in order to motivate them to switch allegiances.
Microsoft’s strategy is genius. In order for WP7 to be [more of] a success upon its release date (still unknown, but i’m guessing July), they need GAMES to compete with iPhone. Cash is King to mobile developers. Why develop apps for the iPhone and wait for revenue, when Microsoft will pay you up-front for your work? If you were approached by Microsoft and get asked to switch mobile platforms, would you do it? What if there was a $10,000 cash sign-on bonus? I’ll answer for you: yes you would switch. Microsoft knows that mobile applications are only as good as the developer that creates them. With this in mind, Microsoft most likely started this campaign as an aggressive move to gain back mobile market share (mostly from Apple). This is very similar to dangling a carrot in front of a horse. I’m not at all trying to compare developers to horses, no that can’t be my main point. Well in a way, I am. Cash is something that everyone wants, and with the right amount you can “make friends” with almost anybody… even Apple fanboys.
So how many games does the iPhone actually have? Hovering around 200,000 as of this post, the iPhone blows Android, Palm, and Windows Mobile 6 right out of the water. Palm is like a little firecracker that will make your ears ring. Android is like TNT, it can cause some damage. But the iPhone, at least at this moment in time, is like a Tsar Bomb relative to the other mobile operating systems in regards to available applications.

The competition is getting heated, and it’s getting more and more obvious to consumers like us. Overall, I’m content with Microsoft paying developers to switch from the iPhone to WP7. It shows me that Microsoft has not, and will not, bow down to the iPhone. But at the end of the day, the winner will be the platform that has the most applications available for its users.
“Windows Mobile 7 Pushed Back to Q1 of 2011″, PCWorld
Dec 10th

The fellows over at PCworld decided to waste their time speculating their 2010 predictions. Come on guys, you might be smart but don’t be so arrogant to think that you can predict the future. Look at how many people actually recommended the story
The reason for the grill is because they claimed that Windows Mobile 7 will be pushed back to Q1 of 2011. This is complete nonsense! The release date of Windows Mobile 7 is still Q4 of 2010. Most likely October in order to gain market share and build hype for the Holiday season.
Quit your speculating, PcWorld!
Windows Mobile 7 Release Date
Oct 14th
EDIT, November 20th, 2009. Windows Mobile 7 will actually be officially announced at the MIX conference in MARCH of 2010. I can only assume that Ballmer will give us a release date for WM7. Getting exciting boy.
It’s a little too easy to say that Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft’s little secret, will be here “soon”. That’s not soon enough!
The fact of the matter is, Windows Mobile 7 won’t have an official, official date until late 2010. Most likely October. Why? Because Microsoft can sit back in their comfy recliners and throw us release dates all day. But they’ve already changed Windows Mobile 7′s release date twice (it was pushed back because of 6.5 and then again for unexplained reasons).
Keep in touch though and don’t lose hope. Microsoft is determined to make Windows Mobile 7 a success, says CEO Steve Ballmer. We know Microsoft won’t leave us consumers out in the wind.
All I can say is that the Windows Mobile team has admitted defeat in the Smartphone market share arena. They are going to take as much time as they need in order to be sure they have their big corporate foot in the door.



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