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:2008-10-23
Seriously, the iphone will never dominate the phone market. If it reaches 10% of the market, that will be an enormous achievement. Are you seriously saying that the iPhone will dominate the phone market? I don't think so. It's a cool phone that some people like, but be serious for one second. It's not the second coming of jesus christ and it's not going to outsell every other phones put together.
Member since:2009-01-22
Replace iPhone with iPod, Mobile with Media Player and go back a few years in the past. Same exercise with iTunes / Music.
I don't say the iPhone will dominate the mobile market someday: I don't know and nobody knows. But I wouldn't be surprised if it does.
But something which is quite sure: the iPhone will dominate the mobile market from a profit point of view... it already dominates the smartphone market and smart phones are going to quickly replace dumb phones. And for a company, this is quite an interesting position.
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2005-07-06
I don't see why native applications matter. Applications are applications that help your platform achieve acceptance.
Given that we are seeing many J2ME applications, as well as touted .Net ones, being ported to the iPhone then that should tell your something about where gravity is heading.