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Can you cite some figures? I don't know anyone that has purchased a windows phone or tablet. For example http://blogs.computerworld.com/19966/windows_phone_mar

Can you cite some figures? I don't know anyone that has purchased a windows phone or tablet. For example http://blogs.computerworld.com/19966/windows_phone_market_share_is_so_small_nielsen_doesnt_even_list_it http://blogs.computerworld.com/19966/windows_phone_market_sh... (Windows phone market share is so small, Nielsen don't list it separately).

freehunter 14y ago
Tech pundits are not very good windsocks for what people actually want. Remember the launch of the iPod? The iPhone? The iPad? Android? All were predicted to imminent doom. It's especially hard when salesmen are telling people what they want. For the record, my name is Freeman. You now know someone who owns a Windows Phone. And when I bought it last year, the salesman at AT&T flat out refused to sell it to me until I called a manager, convinced I was making a huge mistake. And of course you don't know anyone who has purchased a Windows tablet.
- mibbitier 14y ago
  It's not a tech pundit, it's market data. Yes, maybe after 10+ years of having negligable market share Microsoft will suddenly pull something awesome out of the bag and people will suddenly forget about the horrible experience of using Windows on the desktop, and start wanting that on their other devices. But I doubt it. The most surprising thing about this story is that mozilla care about it.
sp332 14y ago
That was before the Lumia 900, which was outselling everything else on Amazon its first weekend, and still holds the #8 and #14 spots https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-Service-Plans/zgbs/wireless https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-... as well as the #1 and #2 spots on the "top-rated" list. https://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless https://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless I have one, my brother has one, and everyone I show it to thinks it's awesome.
- sp332 14y ago
  Whoops, wrong first link. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-Service-Plans/zgbs/wireless/2407747011/ https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-... and 3 of the top 10 best-rated smartphones on AT&T right now are Win7 phones http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/pda-phones-smartphones.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-006PV2-0-4&_DARGS=/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/cellPhonesBodyB.jsp http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/p...
  - sp332 14y ago
    wtf, the search results time out? haha just use http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/pda-phones-smartphones.jsp http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/p... and you'll have to sort them by "avg rating" to see what I mean.

freehunter 14y ago

Tech pundits are not very good windsocks for what people actually want. Remember the launch of the iPod? The iPhone? The iPad? Android? All were predicted to imminent doom. It's especially hard when salesmen are telling people what they want. For the record, my name is Freeman. You now know someone who owns a Windows Phone. And when I bought it last year, the salesman at AT&T flat out refused to sell it to me until I called a manager, convinced I was making a huge mistake. And of course you don't know anyone who has purchased a Windows tablet.

mibbitier 14y ago
It's not a tech pundit, it's market data. Yes, maybe after 10+ years of having negligable market share Microsoft will suddenly pull something awesome out of the bag and people will suddenly forget about the horrible experience of using Windows on the desktop, and start wanting that on their other devices. But I doubt it. The most surprising thing about this story is that mozilla care about it.

sp332 14y ago

That was before the Lumia 900, which was outselling everything else on Amazon its first weekend, and still holds the #8 and #14 spots https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-Service-Plans/zgbs/wireless https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-... as well as the #1 and #2 spots on the "top-rated" list. https://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless https://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless I have one, my brother has one, and everyone I show it to thinks it's awesome.

sp332 14y ago
Whoops, wrong first link. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-Service-Plans/zgbs/wireless/2407747011/ https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-... and 3 of the top 10 best-rated smartphones on AT&T right now are Win7 phones http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/pda-phones-smartphones.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-006PV2-0-4&_DARGS=/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/cellPhonesBodyB.jsp http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/p...
- sp332 14y ago
  wtf, the search results time out? haha just use http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/pda-phones-smartphones.jsp http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/p... and you'll have to sort them by "avg rating" to see what I mean.