Comments on: BlackBerry Will Remain Market Leader Through 2014: Analyst

By: NB

NB — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:26:03 +0000

thanks for the fix ):

By: appledyl

appledyl — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:34:13 +0000

When i went to london i swear everyone had iPhones. It was ridicolous! I think iPhones will move much more forward because of their compatibility with ipods, etc.

By: tim

tim — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:14:52 +0000

It’s probable that RIM will retain it’s lead, although some other handset maker, Samsung or LG maybe, that makes a big push for Android in its lineup, will give RIM a run for its money. It’s highly doubtful that Apple will even retain that 15% share. For Apple, anything over a 10% marketshare, it sees as too many of the unwashed masses using the product, diminishing its “cool” sheen.

By: zato

zato — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:21:38 +0000

Dave Smith wrote: “this data is bunch of crap. no one could have predicted the rise of Apple and future market share is a matter of future products these companies will be launching..”

Dave is correct. Making such specific predictions 5 years in the future of Tech makes this article nothing more than propaganda for RIM and it’s #1 ally, the God that Om worships, Microsoft.

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:03:02 +0000

this data is bunch of crap. no one could have predicted the rise of Apple and future market share is a matter of future products these companies will be launching..

By: Peter Sisson

Peter Sisson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:33:21 +0000

Smartphones are the computing platform of the future, and history tells us that the platform with the most software wins. Blackberry is doomed because its too hard to develop software for their platform, as I argue in a blog post here

http://www.toktumi.com/voipnews/blackberry-doomed/

and which was covered by Wired here

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/blackberry-innovative-edge/

By: Adrian Cockcroft

Adrian Cockcroft — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:26:34 +0000

Where is the link to the report? At least to their summary….

I think they are wrong, every analyst I’ve seen so far has under-predicted Apple market share, and almost everyone I know who used to have a Blackberry has an iPhone now. The holdouts are the people who are stuck on Verizon, so when Apple goes non-exclusive they will hoover up much more market share. In France, where Apple is on all four main providers, they have a very high market share now.

By: mobilist

mobilist — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:51:46 +0000

Everyone knows the analysts just “blowing in the air”…specially when t comes to say what will happen in 2014….my “guess” is they may be right on BlackBerry being a strong player in North America come 2014…I can blow in the air too my friend…:-)

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:28:03 +0000

Sorry about that. I forgot to full size them. My bad. Fixing it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:21:00 +0000

This data differs significantly from that posted in this article from last month:

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-smart-phone-market-update-apples-eating-everyone-elses-lunch-2009-10

By: NB

NB — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:31:15 +0000

Om,

The pie charts are more of eye charts and very unreadable. Any chance you can post a table with this data? Secondly – I am very curious what they see in terms of market share for apple.

thanks.

By: gbp

gbp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:36:42 +0000

Om,
Didn’t we just hear from Gartner that Android will be taking over the world ?

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/09/android_2012_gartner/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139026/Android_to_grab_No._2_spot_by_2012_says_Gartner

Strange analysts !!!
But good to know someone thinks differently than Gartner.

By: wblg319

wblg319 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:39 +0000

It would be nice if you could just touch up the pie charts. They are very difficult to read.

Actually they look very amateurish in a professionally looking site like yours.

The findings are an interesting read as a similar analysis has been done globally. We believe that the iPhone would do better. http://tinyurl.com/yafnf6e