OK… sorry about the inflammatory title, but it really does feel like MS has been coasting since it came out with its first mobile software release. I’ve used Windows Mobile on two Dell Axim revs and two cellphones. Instead of feeling like each new OS revision was an upgrade, it just felt like the same thing with a few more applications included and a few more options in settings. Before that I went through almost every model of the Apple
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Windows 7 Phone Series: Microsoft is doing something “new” and “original”?
Just four months after Windows Mobile 6.5 hit the market, Microsoft has officially introduced Windows Phone 7 Series, the new multitouch-capable mobile operating system designed to defeat Apple’s iPhone.
We were all looking at the iPad and suddenly, Microsoft comes with this new, impressive, and I would dare to say “original” take on the mobile phones with a whole new OS. Yes, you read it well, I, the guy coming from Apple’s EvangeList, am saying Microsoft has done something “new” and “original”… How’s that? Read on to find out.
Mobile Apps cross-platform development challenge: PhoneGap vs. Titanium vs. Rhodes
What is the best cross-platform mobile framework out there?
Let’s take a look at the main three competitors.
First of all, cross-platform compatibility is all about compromising on the native look, feel and features of devices. Therefore, if you’re looking into creating a 3D game or an interactive, multimedia, animated app, you’re looking in the wrong direction.
PhoneGap, Titanium and Rhodes are all based on web technologies and are aimed at web developers that want to leverage their current skills set to the mobile apps world.
Nokia, Apple iPhone and RIM are the real players in the smartphones market
Apple’s iPhone held onto a 13.7% share of global smartphone unit sales in Q2 2009, outpacing Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, which now claims just 9% of the market, according to Canalys.
Canalys specialises in delivering high quality market data, analysis and advice to the world’s leading technology vendors. The results of their research can be summarized as follows:
1. Nokia maintains global lead, although its performance varies by region
2. Touchscreens become the preferred interface, representing 40% of all shipments
3. Apple’s success continues, as the iPhone takes 23% of the North American market
4. RIM continues to gain share, succeeding with its push into the consumer market
5. Operating system choices are proliferating, primarily at Microsoft’s expense
“Apple has revolutionized the smart phone sector, leapfrogging more experienced rivals,” Canalys senior analyst Pete Cunningham said in the company’s report. Sales in the second quarter did not include much of the surge in new sales spurred by the release of the iPhone 3GS.
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