This is the year that the Windows Phone platform needs to lead from the starting blocks. Up until now it is tracking not to disimilar growth patterns to Apple and Android. The analysts views are a mixed bag but the fact that Nokia's shares held up and even increased on the news of the WP sales suggests they are more positive than pessimistic.
The signs are looking good with OEM share on the rise and the second and argueably more important phase of the launch the US and the rolling out to other key regions this year. Then you have iDC, Gartner and iSuppli all predicting Windows Phone to surpass Apple by 2015.
Finally lets throw WP8 and W8 in general into the mix and I think you begin to see that whatever individuals may think about WP itis unlikely to fail. Unlike the guy on the telly this morning trying to convince me that a 1 million £ bonus to a Government owned bank employee was "small beer" this money in relation to Microsoft and its goals probably is.
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Winner of the 2010 VGC Holiday sales prediction thread with an Average 1.6% accuracy rating. I am indeed awesome.
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