Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Android and iOS dominate the U.S. smartphone market. Is it time for the others to panic?

NPD PR on Q3 2011 U.S. Smartphone market >>

So, Apple and Android are dominating the U.S. smartphone market with a combined share of 82% according to NPD, a firm that does sell-out research. This is almost a classic Coke-Pepsi type duopoly.

BlackBerry has now fallen to 8% from almost 50% not too many years and.

And Microsoft's Windows Phone continues to be nothing but a rounding error.

Microsoft changes WP boss. Does this indicate panic?



In a Coke-Pepsi styled smartphone platform market, who will win the battle to be Royal Crown Cola? (I realize some of you might never have heard of RC Cola.)

2 comments:

Michael said...

It's long past time for RIM to panic, I think.

Regarding Windows, I guess MS/Nokia will postpone outright panic until WP8. If that doesn't have a dramatic impact then it's Burning Platform II, no?

Btw, great to see you blogging again.

Peter Bryer: Mobile Foresighter said...

Thanks Michael.