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Microsoft Purchases Nokia's Device and Services Division to Unite Windows Phone Hardware and Software
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Even now, with its single yearly iPhone model (a second next week) Apple and Samsung split the profits for the smartphone market. That mean's that all those other Android sales aren't providing OEM profit, nor are most even adding to Android ecosystem profits. Most are just inexpensive feature phone replacements for the undeveloped world. This is the flaw in speaking of Android marketshare without the quality of that share.
In that context, Apple and MSFT/Nokia are in fact a lot stronger entities vs Android than your tables imply. That is the flaw in the in a strictly marketshare viewpoint.
how on earth is a desperate acquisition anything like reinventing the cell phone?
the iPhone was a disruptor that changed everything. ballmer was a fool not to realize it. it's also why he was ultimately fired (failed mobile strategy). Nokia has been a sinking ship, and windows mobile is a Johnny come lately me-too. they're oddly perfect for each other.
but not a disruptive reinvention of the cell phone. sorry.
I think these are both exaggerations - 2 crashes on Windows phone in 18 months? I haven't used mine very much possibly for 2 weeks and I had well over 10. (Lumia 920)
iOS I have had Facebook and Safari crashes as well as a few games now and then. My iPhone is my main phone and I use it all day every day and in what's nearly a year of owning my 64GB iPhone 5 I have had probably about 10 crashes in that year - I had more crashes on my 4S and 4 before that.
I have to agree iOS is far more stable than Windows Phone and Android but they all still crash from time to time.
Looks like Elop may be the next CEO of Microsoft.
Via Engadget :
CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that Elop is in the running for his gig, stating, "Stephen will go from external [candidate] to internal."
Seattle Times Article :
Once the transition is finalized, Elop becomes an executive vice president at Microsoft, heading a devices division that will include Windows Phone, as well as Xbox and Surface. Julie Larson-Green, who is now the executive vice president in charge of the Devices & Studios division at Microsoft, will report to Elop.
Before going to Nokia, Elop was president of Microsofts Business division, the unit that handles Microsoft Office and other products. His name has come up fairly frequently and recently topped the list of at least one oddsmaker as a possible successor to Ballmer, who announced last month that he would be retiring once his successor has been chosen within 12 months.
Poor Nokia. Sad but inevitable news.
Symbian was a great operating system, better than the others in many ways, the file system, multitasking and widgets for example. I still wonder what a contemporary Symbian phone could be like. Nokia also had some of the best hardware (N95, N8) and unquestionably the best cameras in phones.
However; they failed to see quickly enough the significance of and apply sufficient resources in three key areas; the app store, touchscreens and marketing.
Then when Elop came in, they were doomed.
I don't think this move is likely to increase Windows phone fortunes but may make their production more efficient and therefore cheaper, especially important for the emerging markets. Nokia has done well with the lower end phones, perhaps this will accelerate the demise of the dumbphone in this sector.
iPhone 5C vs Microkia X
Symbian was a great operating system, better than the others in many ways, the file system, multitasking and widgets for example. I still wonder what a contemporary Symbian phone could be like. Nokia also had some of the best hardware (N95, N8) and unquestionably the best cameras in phones.
However; they failed to see quickly enough the significance of and apply sufficient resources in three key areas; the app store, touchscreens and marketing.
Then when Elop came in, they were doomed.
I don't think this move is likely to increase Windows phone fortunes but may make their production more efficient and therefore cheaper, especially important for the emerging markets. Nokia has done well with the lower end phones, perhaps this will accelerate the demise of the dumbphone in this sector.
iPhone 5C vs Microkia X
Must say... Haven't been supporting anyone but Apple since the first iPhone but I once was a massive Nokia fan and this is just sad. Elop has had agenda from day one and everyone suspected it but he denied .... Until now. And yes it's a fraction of the price.
Just a sad day for a once very big and signifiant player
Most of the Android guys are sad about never getting a Nokia device with Android.Apple doesn't care. They have the better developers and the better apps. Plus, the Windows Phone software works nicely on a Mac.
Second person in the thread talking about Android has been you so I don't know why are you upset about "android people".
iOS has been stable for me also.
What's not acceptable are the issues and bugs that are show-stoppers for large amounts of people. Look how many millions of people have been affected by Exchange issues for example. If Apple's software can't respect industry standard protocols then that's far more serious than a crash.
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Why are they evil? Microsoft's business practises are no different to Apple's or any other greedy large American corporation.
I think he's the best one still available. Balmer effectively chased the others away. Being at Nokia was a good career move. He was still in a high position but not a direct threat to Balmer.
Sharing calendars with CalDav and email with IMAP are pretty easy - trying to sync my contacts is where the problem lies
Yes but, you are overlooking one very important fact. Some 32,000 Nokia employees now know for sure who will sign their next pay check. Its good to have parents who make over $6 billion profit per quarter. HTC hedged their bets and lost on both bets. Nokia only bet on Microsoft and won a (sad) future from Microsoft. HTC is in a very vulnerable market position and might go bankrupt or rather shrink into irrelevance any time soon. Nokia lost on independence but gained on financial power and security. While Nokias success more and more equals to the success of Windows Phone OS, HTC can still loose even when Android wins.