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BlackBerry defeated, Microsoft not scared of Apple iPhone - says Steve Ballmer December 07, 2006 [General] | By Edward J. R. Microsoft's Windows Mobile has less than 10% of smartphone market share globally and this market share shrinks (in fact it decreased year-on-year recently), but CEO of Microsoft seems not to know these things... 
(on photo above: Steve Ballmer looks at Suzan DelBene during his keynote session during the latest 3GSM conference) We were not expecting to hear from Steve Ballmer anything about Windows Mobile phones before 3GSM 2007 conference that takes place in February next year, but he surprised us: It often surprises people when we tell them how much we outsell BlackBerry. BlackBerry, because they are more popular in the United States, people assume that they're quite popular. The truth of the matter is we actually outsell BlackBerry many factors to one, that's worldwide, yeah, absolutely. What happens when Apple produces a smart phone, which they probably will at some point? How does that change the equation? Ballmer: Well, their business model will look a lot more like the business model of the Treo and BlackBerry, than it does (that of) us and Nokia. To read the whole interview with Steve Ballmer about latest developments at Microsoft, click here. It's a pity that despite us being accredited at 3GSM as press, Steve Ballmer refused to give us an interview. We would be more customer-orientated and down-to-earth and we would ask him such things like why there is no support for podcasting in Windows Media player on the desktop and in Windows Mobile - even now - 2 years after Apple introduced native support for podcasting in iTunes and 1 year after Nokia offers podcasting application for their Symbian S60 smartphone platform? Why Microsoft employees are removing features (like ActiveSync over Wi-Fi) without taking into account customer needs? Why Windows Mobile users can't use Zune Marketplace and share content over Wi-Fi with Zune owners? Why video telephony component still is not integral part of Windows Mobile what totally hinders development of 3G phones powered by this OS? Let's face it: Steve Ballmer may be very enthusiastic about Windows Mobile but he is enthusiastic about all Microsoft products. He has yet to prove that he understands mobility or at least genuinely cares about it. Going on the stage at 3GSM (the biggest professional [not consumer] conference about mobile phone industry) and shouting loudly to the audience (mostly high-level employees of mobile operators / wireless carriers) things like "we love you, mobile operators!" is not especially convincing....  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 5 Comments ]
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