Windows Mobile loses 2.7% of smartphone market in second quarter of 09

14 Aug,2009 by . Saijo.
Category: News

Windows Mobile

With the introduction of many new smartphones in to the market , smartphone sales grew 27 percent, but the sad news is that Windows Mobile’s share of the smartphone market had dropped 2.7 percent in the second quarter of 2009.

	2Q ‘08	2Q ‘09	Comment
Smartphones sold in	32.3 million	41.0 million	27 % increase over 2Q ‘08
Windows Mobile units	3.87 million	3.81 million	9.3 percent of the smartphone market in 2Q ‘09

In short, smartphones are selling well, but Windows Mobile smartphones are having a hard time catching up with the new boys in town. With Windows Mobile 6.5 devices which should be hitting the shelves soon, and rumors that Windows Mobile 7.0 will come out sometime in the 1st 2010 there is still some hope for Windows Mobile. via arstechnica.com