Comments on: ComScore: Android and iOS Continue to Climb, Rest of the Industry Falls

By: Ron_Swanson

Ron_Swanson — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:50:00 +0000

Poor Microsoft.

By: Swavek

Swavek — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:20:00 +0000

I’m not interested in owning a Windows Phone, but I do wish they would be doing better for the sake of competition. With almost no way to keep unlimited data with Verizon except to purchase a phone off contract and Tmobile doing away with subsidized phones, extra competition would hopefully drive the cost of smartphones down.

By: feztheforeigner

feztheforeigner — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:22:00 +0000

Ummm…what?

“If BB was smart and still allowed porting of android apps,” are you implying “BB” no longer allows porting of android apps??

I’m a developer and I’m pretty sure they still let me port Android apps over. They’re actually hosting an Android-Port-A-Thon and will pay every developer $100 for each app they port from Android to Blackberry on January 13th…

By: Prime7

Prime7 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:56:00 +0000

To leapfrog, you have to start from behind.

By: Prime7

Prime7 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:55:00 +0000

I remember when Windows Phone’s share increased from 1% to 2%, news outlets were spinning it as it “doubling its share of the smartphone market.” It was sad and hilarious at the same time.

By: John Ruppel

John Ruppel — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:12:00 +0000

I love me some Android and Google, but I made the switch to Windows Phone 8 so I could develop for it, and because I am a fan of the smooth UI. However, I just want to remind those of you who forgot or who never knew this, Google BLOCKS windows phone 8 devices from accessing YouTube metadata in the way iOS and Android does, and have publicly stated they will never do so. While Google may be the lesser of the evils with Apple, they can still be evil.

By: Cowboydroid

Cowboydroid — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:56:00 +0000

May Microsoft burn a fiery death for their past transgressions.

By: Cowboydroid

Cowboydroid — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:55:00 +0000

Fewer and fewer people are buying PCs every year. We are not going to see a drastic change with Windows 8. There is simply no evidence suggesting a change in the trend, or future success for Windows adoption. People are increasingly using mobile devices exclusively, and as that number grows, they will look for continuity from their mobile device, not their desktop. iPhone users will look to Macs, and Android users will look to inexpensive Chromebooks or Android laptops.

The most used application on any home computer is the browser. It just doesn’t make economic sense to most people to spend hundreds of dollars more on a machine that does things they don’t need or don’t use.

By: Tom Ball

Tom Ball — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:23:00 +0000

To be honest, I think we’ll see Windows 8 increasing over the next few years. As people update their PCs at home they’ll most likely get Windows 8 (I did.) While I’m 100% sticking with Android, I can easily see why someone would want to make the switch to have continuity across mobile and PC.

By: nightscout13

nightscout13 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:14:00 +0000

WP was dead on arrival. Will follow the Kin line.

By: Jeff Simpson

Jeff Simpson — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:52:00 +0000

Wait, there’s a “rest of the industry”?

Hmm, I guess if we keep at it we can completely destroy blackberry and windows phones…. Is that what you meant by “is there anything we can do to change these numbers”?

By: Jared Kotoff

Jared Kotoff — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:44:00 +0000

I laughed at BB users when android came out. But yes BB 10 isn’t that terrible at all. But how can you compete when there’s some much stress already on the Play Store and App Store. I think its to much to ask already of devs to program for both OS. There cant be a 3rd without diminishing all other platforms.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:26:00 +0000

That’s unreal! I’ve always heard stories like this but they never seem believable. I’m glad you’re living the American dream.

By: Ibrick

Ibrick — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:25:00 +0000

Don’t know if it will ever happen, but BB needs to sign a licensing agreement with Google allowing them to share Play Store apps.
BB still has a lot going for it, especially in the corporate world, and BB10 looks pretty sweet, but if they think they can survive with the current offering of apps, they are going to learn a hard truth very quickly.
…unless they are happy with 5%-6% marketshare?

By: Jeff Broders

Jeff Broders — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:24:00 +0000

I think Howard Stern had a symbian on his show once….