Comments on: iPhone grabs 30% of U.S. smartphone market

By: ken, vancouver, Canada

ken, vancouver, Canada — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:57:54 +0000

I see so many discussion about Mac and WM, but remember sum them all would be still less than Symibian which is the Giant Nokia, you guys are talking about a mobile industry which is a global wide industry, US is only part of the big picture.

By: UK

UK — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:51:28 +0000

LOL, the apple-bummers are at it again.

Just a comment from below I found ammusing:

"more than 70% of the highly trained and technical people I know in the IT industry carry Macs" (I'll leave you to your own thoughts on this one )

By: PDubs, Austin, TX

PDubs, Austin, TX — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:05:47 +0000

NuShrike hit the nail on the head.

The multimedia shortcomings of WinMo finally did it for me. There wasn't enough space or quality apps to listen to music or watch videos. Horrible quality, poor execution on MS's part.

Don't get me wrong, I loved all the available apps and kitchens available for WinMo. But after going from v5 to v6, and then hearing v7 is shelved or delayed for how long? Forget that.

Now I can watch videos, listen to music, browse at a reasonable speed all from one device with more than 4G out of the box. It's a well finished product and O/S w/o all the kernel krap from MS.

By: Eric, Cincinnati OH

Eric, Cincinnati OH — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:01:12 +0000

"MAC OS X is built on a modern microkernel and was built new from the ground up. WIN OS is still patching and building a UI on-top of the old WIN NT platform. Yes, it’s still there after all these years."

So how come Mac OSX still uses a 32-bit kernel and tell you that the system is a 64bit system. Some of it may be, but not from the ground up. Vista on the other hand is a true 64 from the ground up. Works great for me and I also would like to know what technology is so much more advanced on the Mac than Windows? Go ahead.

By: JACK, Pa

JACK, Pa — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:44:05 +0000

Have the phone and love it…biggest let down is Itunes. I can't stand using it. It's use feels like an afterthought.

By: Nostradamus

Nostradamus — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:34:55 +0000

2012, Bill Gates will be back full time at MS to clean up the mess.

By: NuShrike, Los Angeles, CA

NuShrike, Los Angeles, CA — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:15:31 +0000

The problem with Windows Mobile is not its openness nor flexibility. The problem is it caters to carriers over customers and allows such fragmentation that licensees can ship devices with huge flaws (as documented at http://www.htcclassaction.org/) while MS is actually powerless to do anything about it.

Windows Mobile is actually hamstrung by what their licensees will ship, preventing innovation because of the possibility of offending licensees until the iPhone changed the entire scene.

Apple delivered a high-quality, almost open-standards, innovative, consistent, customer-oriented experience without cryptic/proprietary interfaces crippling 3rd-party developers.

Right now, Windows Mobile is stuck with a Windows 98-style OS design and interface that actually encourages poor multimedia performance. It will not come out of that hole until a stage-changing major OS revamp delivers.

By: James, Los Angeles CA

James, Los Angeles CA — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:02:18 +0000

maddawg – I suggest you get a new argument, really. Are you seriously suggesting that WIN OS is technically superior to the MAC OS? Wow, you need to go back and do a little more studying. Just because you know your way around the WIN OS doesn't make it a superior technology. In fact you know this because you've likely been forced to know it to make it work. MAC OS X is built on a modern microkernel and was built new from the ground up. WIN OS is still patching and building a UI on-top of the old WIN NT platform. Yes, it's still there after all these years.

Insulting Mac users is about as abusive as it is fruitless. Assuming someone who chooses a Mac over a PC does so because they're stupid only highlights your ignorance. I've been in the IT industry in various capacities since 1990 and I've had Mac's all that time. Trust me when I say I know the difference. In point of fact, more than 70% of the highly trained and technical people I know in the IT industry carry Macs … and that's by informed choice.

Get a new argument, the old one is as tired and retreaded as the OS you defend.

By: I. Fletcher Portland OR

I. Fletcher Portland OR — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:55:07 +0000

Roy G – could it be that Steve holds on to his ideas a bit tighter than you would like because of his history with Bill? Whether or not you believe Bill actually did steal any ideas or concepts from Steve there is at least enough leftover lack of trust that Steve won't share anything. My wife has an iPhone and I have a blackberry (work issued). I'd take the iPhone in an instant over the blackberry. But at home we have both a Mac and a PC. They have different advantages. I've long been a fan of Macs but have always felt Steve's tight control over everything ultimately limits the potential.

By: Roman, Cambridge, MA

Roman, Cambridge, MA — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:49:34 +0000

Roy -

Clever writing and plausible (though highly improbable) storylines. But — you've gotta move on, man. Bill Gates is distancing himself from Microsoft and is focusing on philantropy instead. Microsoft is now run by Steve Ballmer, and we've seen how some of those decisions have played out over the last 8 years. Steve Jobs, meanwhile, will work hard to avoid the mistakes made 20+ years ago.

I wouldn't play a time machine guru on this blog, lest you want to be riduculed.