Apple Closing Quickly on Research in Motion in Smart Phone Market Share

[DMann]

I think a line from the "I'm A Mac" ads is an equally good caption for your photo: "When you're ready to compromise, you call me..." (waves pile of cash)

Hahaha - same difference!!!

True but my understanding Palm was hoping for something like the iPhone success and lefts face it they lack the Apple name and they were on Sprint. Now I think Sprint is a great cell phone company but it still a very limited network so those 2 factors alone are going to reduce sells greatly.

They also lack in build quality, and are plagued by chintzy construction.

I am wondering how the Pre will do now that it is starting to go World wide and how it will do once it hits Verizon.

At their current price point, not so hot.

I expect Android to take off soon.

Agreed.

For RIM I really wanting to know how things are going to now that OS 5.0 is starting to offically roll out.

Curious to see 5.0 myself - good to see that they're willing to move things forward.

 

[twoodcc]

well hopefully the next iphone will push apple to be about even with rim

 

[jefecamindor]

All Rodimus Prime can do when he hears positive Apple news is stick his fingers in his ears and scream about fanboys (failing to admit he's one himself, just one on the other side of the fence).



Methinks you're not familiar with Rodimus Prime's comment history.

Don't worry, when Apple surpasses RIM (which they will) he'll just gripe about iPhone users being mindless sheep.



LOL! Close to saturated??? You wish. The number of smart phone users is still tiny compared to the overall wireless market. There is a huge amount of growth ahead for smart phones. iPods used to be a niche product too, now everyone has them. The same thing will happen to smart phones.

Look at a chart of Ipod growth. It started growing rapidly in 2005 and its growth ended in 2007. About 3 years of high growth. Iphone has just entered its 3rd year of high growth. Good chance its near saturation too.

 

[BongoBanger]

Yet, the analogies to "just like the Sony Walk-Man" kept on rollin' in...

Que?

Anyway, IDC and Canalsys' figures are out. Interesting reading and some food for though for those who think Nokia and RIM are dead.

WinMo remains distinctly in "oh dear" land though.

 

[jimmyjoemccrow]

Non-fanbois: "Macs only have 5% marketshare worldwide and a limited choice of hardware and software compared to Windows"

Apple Fanbois: "Its not about marketshare, its all about the quality of the overall experience.


Non-fanbois: " Apple have limited appeal to business users and the majority of apps are fart apps."

Apple Fanbois: "Apple have a growing marketshare! And its all about how many apps are available."

I wish the fanbois would make up their minds.

 

[SactoGuy18]

In the end, Apple need to do two things for the iPhone to be widely accepted as a serious cellphone for business use:

1) Can be "locked down" by IT managers so apps cannot be added or removed from the iPhone--all app changes are done by the IT department.

2) Offer a good physical keyboard in slide-out or clamshell fashion. I would like to see Apple emulate something like what LG did with their Neon messaging phone:

Note the very nice spacing between keys on this phone, which makes it usable even with larger hands.

 

[LagunaSol]

In the end, Apple need to do two things for the iPhone to be widely accepted as a serious cellphone for business use:

1) Can be "locked down" by IT managers so apps cannot be added or removed from the iPhone--all app changes are done by the IT department.

I thought this was already possible?

2) Offer a good physical keyboard in slide-out or clamshell fashion. I would like to see Apple emulate something like what LG did with their Neon messaging phone:

I don't understand the argument that a physical keyboard is a critical need for business use. Sure, I understand the initial angst when the iPhone was first announced, but over time the virtual keyboard has proven just as effective as a hardware keyboard and far more versatile.

And judging by the messages I get from my manager's Blackberry, physical keyboards do nothing to improve accuracy.

 

[Adam0306]

So, what you're saying is, you don't believe businesses are giving their employees the option of an issued iPhone? We won't go into how idiotic that is, but I can tell you it's untrue.

For our organization there is no choice. It is mandatory BB if you even get a phone.