nieuws: Ballmer: Windows Phone 7 is geen succes
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Dit is dan ook het énige waardoor de titel door de redactie is gekozen zoals hij is. Maar lees dan ook even verder dan dit grapje (want dat was het):Volgens Ballmer heeft Windows Phone 7 niet geleid tot de verhoopte stijging van het marktaandeel in het snelgroeiende smartphonesegment. "We zijn in een jaar van erg klein naar... erg klein gegaan", aldus de Microsoft-ceo
Klinkt dit alsof WP7 geen succes is? Zet die roddelpersbril eens af alstublieft, en stop met die stemmingmakende titels. 't Draagt ook niet bepaald bij aan de sfeer, want je weet van tevoren al hoe de verschillende "extremisten" binnen t.net hierop gaan reageren.A year ago, Microsoft had no Windows Phone. In the last year, we've sold millions of phones. When we survey our users, nine out of ten of the people who bought a Windows Phone absolutely would recommend it to a friend. It's certainly a very busy, active, competitive market. We've got a lot of work to do to break through. And yet, the people in the phone business believe us. We've already had over 20,000 applications built for Windows Phone in eight months. That's a faster ramp than either Android or iPhone had. Nokia, who had a choice this year to bet on themselves, to bet on Android, or to bet on Windows Phone said for their bet the company strategy, they're going with Windows Phone. They saw our roadmaps. They saw what we've done. They saw what we're planning on doing. They're pushing us. They're pushing us to go broader geographically with Windows Phone. They're pushing us to hit new price points with Windows Phone. But, they believe.
Others believe, too. Gartner and IDC both did predictions this year that said Windows Phone would be the No. 2 phone in the market by 2015. We've already shipped two major updates since we launched Windows Phone less than a year ago. The update that we just made available, “Mango,” which will be on phones this fall, has over 500, 500 new features. We know we've got a lot to do, but like the cloud, like NT many years back, we're all in when it comes to mobile devices. And whether it's phones or slates, or PCs, or console devices, we're certainly pushing extremely far, and extremely fast.
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