yeah this is just an other Renter looking for Hits on his webpage cause hes got nothing better to talk about..
*Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 vendor partners sold just 2.7 million devices in the fourth quarter of 2011.*
im not sure how this make any sens ether.. he claims that MS is losing track .. yet they sold more phones in 4th quarter then they did all year!!! he also talks about how MS 's is WP OS is failing , yet he only talks about NOKIA sales compared to global Android/Iphone...
go ahead an ignore this ignorant article.
Don't take what's written out of context...
In fact, according to one research firm, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 vendor partners sold just 2.7 million devices in the fourth quarter of 2011. Apple, on the other hand, sold more than 37 million iPhones during the same period. And Android vendors? Well, let's just say that, in total, they put both numbers to shame.
That part for for comparative purposes and you chopped it out.
You also have to put it into other contexts, like the fact that WP7 global sales should have been expected to go up since it launched in more markets and thus had access to more potential purchasers. 2.7M worldwide is still a deplorable number in the grand scheme of things. The smartphone market is competitive.
There are merits to some sections, like Slide 7. The Marketing Slide, and the stuff about carriers that people here are still complaining about.
That article is simply ridiculous, full of outdated and incorrect information. This one made me lol:
How is that outdated or incorrect. Windows 8 does share lots of features with Windows Phone, including Live Tiles. The writer simply gave one example.
And it is correct that Microsoft can potentially leverage their huge Windows market to promote their Phone OS, especially when you realize that their Live Services tie directly into both Windows Phone and Windows Desktop OS, Office (this can bode especially well for them with the Tablet version, which ships with Office - like WP7 does), etc. They can promote it as a companion device to the Windows PC/Tablet much the same as they (sort of) promoted it as such for the XB360 with the companion app and XBL integration, and the same way Apple leverages their ecosystem to get people to buy their products in all form factors possible (Desktop, Notebook, PMP, Smartphone, Tablet PC, AppleTV).
It can make for some interesting (and refreshing, compared what what they've done so far) marketing possibilities as well.
However, that would depend on the level of integration outside of the obvious Live Synching.
(5) ANDROID LICENSING BY MICROSOFT. With all the patent fees from Apple and MS it might be cheaper to make Windows Phone and maybe its more profitable in the long run. IMO it can be its all up to the OEM's to market the platform.
Umm, no. Because the vast majority of Samsung/HTC and those other companies' profits come from Android. As long as Android is in the market position it's in there's likely no benefit to going with WP7 instead. WP7 would have to overtake Android in marketshare before they even consider such a thing (more below). They have to license WP7 from MS, as well...
Also keep in mine Microsoft does most [all] WP7 development, while HTC/Samsung have full-staffed development teams just for Android customization. They know Android isn't free, cause they're already paying a ton to customize it for their devices whereas they get (for the most part) ready to run versions from Microsoft which do not allow that level of customization and they are at a competitive disadvantage vs. Nokia, anyways... Even if the Android licensing fees are 3x the WP7 licensing fees, that's still not a deterrent because their Android devices are outselling their WP7 devices like 10:1 or more across all their models on the market. Economics is not preferential to any platform.
They will happily pay those fees, because they make way too much money from Android.
As far as A game... Samsung and HTC always bring their B game to WP7. Their Android hardware is superior in almost all cases, and the devices often retail for the exact same price and just like with computers consumers equate higher specs with "better" (whether or not we disagree is non-factor because we are not making their purchases for them).
The problem with WP7 becoming a 1 vendor thing is that they'll have the same issue as Apple has IRT competing with Android. If someone doesn't like Nokia's design decisions, they will simply go elsewhere because the other vendors are more commited to Android or don't have as much freedom to do things with the OS as Nokia - they will surely lower their focus on WP7 if that were to happen, if not outright drop the platform, anyways (unless microsoft strong-armed them through licensing deals, in which case they'll just produce crap devices to meet that commitment). For example, the Lumia 900 doesn't even have a removeable battery, which is a showstopper for a large number of people despite the rest of the phone being quite a looker/performer (lots of people don't get iPhones for that very same reason).
With Android you have multiple vendors producing top tier devices so it's easy to "settle" there. Not so with WP7.
The carrier bit he wrote is correct both from a sales/support perspective and from a device perspective. Who knows, maybe Samsung went to AT&T with a Focus S that had 32GB NAND Storage with 1GB RAM and an HD screen but AT&T said "No, Windows phone sales aren't that strong so we aren't paying that much for devices (carriers buy in bulk and then resale, you see). Downgrade the spacs to 16GB/512/WVGA plx and thx..." Carriers have a lot of say in what they end up selling, from design to specs even to support (which updates they're willing to push out to phones, as the 8107 on AT&T is clearly demonstrating). Only Apple has been able to avoid this issue with the Carriers, thus far.
I do think the article's title was written that way primarily to lure page views and be sensational. It's a bit disingenuous, IMO.