Sometime ago I conjectured that Microsoft made certain changes to IE8 to force web standards forward and drop backwards compatibility as default (a very un-Microsoft move) because of the need for the web to break out of the blinkered IE6 / Desktop-Browser view of content otherwise Microsoft would find itself unable to compete in the mobile space. It's been over a year since that article and in such a short period of time it has become ever clearer that Microsoft's mobile offerings, and their overall mobile platform strategy are failing against the dominant iPhone, the newcomer Android, and a re-invigorated Palm with WebOS.
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Member since:2009-05-20
That’s what dominate is. There are a lot of elephants in the room, but Apple is the one they’re all scared of. Apple have totally dominated mindshare. The iPhone is the benchmark by what the competitors (with larger market share) are measured by. Again, domination in design.
No disagreements here. iPhone scares a lot of phone companies, the biggest one, Nokia, included.
And as a disclaimer: I've never personally owned any kind of smartphone, so I have no idea if iPhone is good or bad or as cool as they say.
As for the general Microsoft-ranting, I have just this to say: man, you really can do better than this.
Member since:2005-11-10
Yes, I can do better; however I am not used to writing articles regularly. I have set myself the goal this week to publish at least one piece of news each day this week to help me contribute more to OSnews and get into a more productive routine. As I have said, I am not used to this, and expect quality to improve as I continue--I have to start somewhere.
Member since:2008-10-23
This is only in the US and to a smaller extend the UK, which get a lot of influence from the US. The iPhone hasn't really taken off elsewhere. It isn't even sold in Korea, which is one of the biggest mobile markets.
The US is a good market for the iPhone, because the price is not so much a problem as elsewhere and the 'buy amerian' thing. Also the service providers kind of suck there, so the relative closeness of the iPhone doesn't show as much.
Edited 2009-09-17 09:33 UTC
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2005-11-10
The smartphone market has been around for some time (I remember the GEOS-based Nokia Communicator 9110), the mobile phone market longer than that.
Apple, neither a handset manufacturer, nor phone software vendor previously decide to enter the market and within three years have absolutely every competitor literally crapping their pants trying to innovate and look new.
That’s what dominate is. There are a lot of elephants in the room, but Apple is the one they’re all scared of. Apple have totally dominated mindshare. The iPhone is the benchmark by what the competitors (with larger market share) are measured by. Again, domination in design.
Markestshare dominance will come, just wait. iTunes is the #1 source of legal music now. If Apple want something they will just keep climbing steadily ’til they get there and the bumbling incompetence of their competitors will help them all the way.
I don’t like the iPhone one bit, that doesn’t mean that I don’t see why it is successful and why even RIM will take a beating.