| Slimebeast said: As a reference iPad is +50% of marketshare on a ~100 million devices per year market. Android based manufacturers shares the rest.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/strategy-analytics-claims-android-reached-41-percent-of-tablets/ |
That's a pretty interesting chart. In just a year Others dropped from 4.1% marketshare to 0.4%. Did MS pick up any of that loss? Nope. In fact, it lost some of its marketshare to Android, as well. So, I think MS needs to worry about reclaiming the 2.3% before it even thinks about getting to 5%, or even 10%. Am I saying it's impossible? Of course not. But, it is going to be an extremely tough climb with both iOS and Android devices viewed as the "hip" things to use/have. By the way, what ever happened to the Nokia/MS deal that was supposed really push the Windows OS marketshare?
And Kowen, really? Android doesn't help push phone sales? It's just another OS? I think you may want to look at the marketshare (and units sold) in the chart above and rethink that statement.
