As reported by MobileTechWorld earlier this week, Microsoft is touting Global Information Corp. (IDC) numbers that present 30 million Windows Phone seven products being sold by the end of 2011.That;s a fairly ambitious goal (to say the minimum). The first generation of Windows Phone 7 handsets won;t ship till the end of calendar 2010. And within the most current quarter, Windows Mobile was down to 6.eight % with the globally cellular working method marketplace, with regards to share. (Symbian nonetheless rules the roost with 44 %; Blackberry OS has 19 % and the iPhone OS, 15 percent.)Update: AllThingsDigital is reporting that IDC says their numbers had been characterized incorrectly by Microsoft. IDC predicts there is going to be 32 million Windows Phones (both WP7 and Windows Mobile six.x models) marketed by 2011. But who in his/her ideal thoughts is nonetheless likely to obtain a WM 6.x phone (which is not backward-compatible with WP7) as of this fall? Hair splitting aside, I feel IDC is still declaring that Microsoft is going to offer close to 30 million WP7 units as of 2011.I used to be interested to listen to from MobileTechWorld;s Makram Daou more particulars on exactly where Microsoft is expecting all this development to arrive. He was in the Paris ReMIX conference this week exactly where Microsoft talked up the most recent Windows Phone seven projections.Daou stated the Softies aren't necessarily counting on stealing share from Nokia, RIM, Apple or any with the Android handset vendors. Nor are they relying exclusively about the set up Windows Cellular phone base to upgrade to Windows Telephone 7. Rather,
Office 2007 Enterprise, Microsoft officials are claiming the bulk with the projected 30 million Windows Telephone seven devices to get current “feature phone” users who will be ready to upgrade to smartphones.It;s also worth noting that Microsoft is unlikely to make considerably money off licensing fees for the Windows Telephone OS. As an alternative,
Office Professional, Microsoft officials see Windows Phone seven units as being the conduit for considerably bigger sales of its still-unannounced cloud services for these phones (i.e., things like Xbox Live gaming,
Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Business, Zune music/video services, the successor to Microsoft My Telephone, etc.) — too as mobile advertising revenues. (A related aside: There;s talk Microsoft may be poised to cut the price of its ZunePass music subscription service from $15 a month to closer to $10.)Within the finish,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus, a great deal of Windows Telephone 7;s uptake will depend on the carriers offering Windows Telephone 7 gadgets. If the available data/service plans prohibitively expensive (a la Verizon with Kin), the quality with the Windows Telephone seven products and apps is going to be moot.That caveat aside,
Office 2010 Professional Key, do you feel Microsoft (and IDC) are smoking something concerning their Windows Telephone 7 predictions? Or could you see Windows Phone 7 becoming good/different enough to attract brand-new low-end telephone users.