How is Windows Mobile doing?
I get this question a lot - and being a public company of course I cannot share any confidential information beyond what has been published. Last week Wireless Week published an interview with Pieter Knook in which you can find a few interesting datapoints:
- "According to our second quarter 2007 fiscal earnings..Licenses for Windows Mobile-based phones exceeded 3 million units" that's almost 50% of RIM's total installed base in one quarter!=
- "Windows Mobile has established itself as the fastest growing mobile OS in the world with a rate of growth more than three times that of Symbian or Research in Motion"
- "Just this fiscal year, Windows Mobile has more than 120 enterprise deployments of more than 1,000 units with 30% of those being competitive wins from existing RIM customers" - and we are starting to see 10,000+ device deployments and opportunities increase rapidly
To read the full article go to Wireless Week CTIA Show Daily archives https://e-ditionsbyfry.com/ActiveMagazine/welcome/tww/daily070401.asp then open Day 1 edition, go to Page 54