FeralKitty
07-06-2011, 02:45 AM
From TNW (http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/07/05/microsofts-mobile-market-share-continues-to-erode/):
Despite expensive ad campaigns and promising future products, Microsoft’s mobile market share only seems to move in one direction: down.
New data from comScore (http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/7/comScore_Reports_May_2011_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_M arket_Share) paints a sad picture for any fan of Microsoft’s mobile offerings: As of May, Microsoft controlled only 5.8% of the US smartphone market.
That is down 1.9% since February. On a percentage basis, it is a roughly 25% drop in market share from its previous tab of 7.7%. From a different perspective, Microsoft is shedding 6% of its market share a month at the moment.
While no one expected Windows Phone 7 to immediately find traction, it has now had sufficient time salvage Microsoft’s numbers, and it simply has not. Microsoft has been quite coy in recent months about sharing sales numbers, perhaps due to their being dismal. No one knows how many WP7 handsets are in the wild.
Read more... (http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/07/05/microsofts-mobile-market-share-continues-to-erode/)
Despite expensive ad campaigns and promising future products, Microsoft’s mobile market share only seems to move in one direction: down.
New data from comScore (http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/7/comScore_Reports_May_2011_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_M arket_Share) paints a sad picture for any fan of Microsoft’s mobile offerings: As of May, Microsoft controlled only 5.8% of the US smartphone market.
That is down 1.9% since February. On a percentage basis, it is a roughly 25% drop in market share from its previous tab of 7.7%. From a different perspective, Microsoft is shedding 6% of its market share a month at the moment.
While no one expected Windows Phone 7 to immediately find traction, it has now had sufficient time salvage Microsoft’s numbers, and it simply has not. Microsoft has been quite coy in recent months about sharing sales numbers, perhaps due to their being dismal. No one knows how many WP7 handsets are in the wild.
Read more... (http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/07/05/microsofts-mobile-market-share-continues-to-erode/)