Comments on: Acer Joins Android Army, Demotes Windows Mobile

By: E. Jorg

E. Jorg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:08:05 +0000

Android is still very unmature. WM still has a huge advantage for office/business applications, especially the ability to sync emails and attachments with PC without having to access the cloud. Android is very dependent on the cloud, and as soon as one is travelling offsea / roaming the cloud is very expensive to access.

By: sov

sov — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:50:47 +0000

“But what’s to stop Palm from licensing webOS to help with their revenue stream?”
Palm is focused on replicating the iPhone experience by delivering everything and having as much control as possible. So this wouldn’t make much sense at this point.

“Or Nokia doing the same with S60″
S60 is way too old to compete these days.

“or Maemo 5?”
Maemo is still a work in progress. But if any platform enters this game the next 12 month i think it would be Maemo.

“I’m watching far more MIDs taking the Android plunge when they could (and sometimes do) take on WinMo for their platform.”
So far i can’t see why MIDs are useful anyway. If you got an iPhone or Android phone what do you need a MID for?

By: Vivek - The Technicist

Vivek - The Technicist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:09:58 +0000

Windows Mobile 7 says “Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated.”

It’s Windows Mobile, it has its place. Yes, as more mainstream consumers get into the smartphone category (thank you, RIM and Apple), Windows Mobile loses its viability as a business platform, hence the shift to Android. Plus, with WinMo kinda stagnating around 6.1 and 6.5 right now, Android is the flavor of the month. Wait for WM7, wait for Pink, MSFT isn’t going to let the mobile device market go, and the Zune HD is evidence of that.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:58:21 +0000

On the surface, I understand your point. But what’s to stop Palm from licensing webOS to help with their revenue stream? Or Nokia doing the same with S60 or Maemo 5? And although they don’t often offer voice capabilities, I’m watching far more MIDs taking the Android plunge when they could (and sometimes do) take on WinMo for their platform.

You’re absolutely right in that Windows Mobile is far more susceptible to losing licensees to Android than anyone else. Maybe that makes the future even more bleak for WinMo as they stand to lose the most if the trend continues, no?

By: Daniel Blois

Daniel Blois — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:38:26 +0000

“What I find fascinating about all this is that we’re not hearing phone makers switch to Android from any other platform besides Windows Mobile.”

That statement makes almost no sense. Apple makes their hardware and software so they are not switching. Same thing for Palm, and Blackberry. That leaves series 60 which pretty much Nokia makes – so which platform would you like for Phone Manufactures to switch from? Nobody else would switch to Android but WM vendors.