Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up worse than a mustachioed villain in a Jackie Chan movie.
Windows Mobile has lost nearly a third of its smartphone market share since 2008, research firm Gartner reports. Windows Mobile had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, and last quarter Windows Mobile's market share plummeted to 7.9 percent.
Meanwhile, Apple's global market share grew from 12.9 percent to 17.1 percent, and RIM saw a rise from 16 percent to 20.8 percent, according to Gartner's figures.
Growth driven by digital software and console hardware sales.
The winner of the Pokémon Go Championship grand finals in Orlando was stripped of their title, allegedly for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' during their victory celebration. The celebration involved the winner removing their headset, standing up, and pumping their fists before shaking hands with their opponent. Many believe the ruling was excessive and that winner's victory celebration was tame compared to celebrations by winners in other competitive games.
There are people that get offended seeing others just enjoying a moment, or enjoying a hobby, or just having fun.
Can someone explain to me what is so problematic with this? I watched video multiple times and all I see dude having bit of celebration. None of his actions felt aggressive or seem like they symbolize anything... Like winning sure deserves bit of celebration like that. I mean who wants to live in the world where you aren't allowed to be excited or have bit of burst of happiness when you win? Like was he supposed to act like emotionless robot? He should be allowed to have bit of his victory "hell yeah" moment, even if it is before shaking hands with opponent. Like it is not like he didn't shake hands or whatnot. And it is not like he is like some super serious government official to have to stick to protocol to a letter. This whole thing is just ridiculous.
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...and blew it with Vista, and blew it with Zune, and blew it with Bing, and blew it with the 360's hardware, and blew it with...
windows 7 is pretty good though.
As a die hard MS fanboy I wholeheartedly agree that WinMo went down the drain a long time ago. It has been on the market for so long yet it has not progressed at all. WinMo 6.5 and 7 are essentially the same old unstable OS that they released when MS first applied it on colored LCD screens but just a bit fancier.
My biggest regret was buying the HTC Touch HD earlier this year. It was a beautiful device but really lacked in the software department. Too bad the guys at XDA-Developers couldn't port a fully working Android to the phone otherwise I'd keep it. No amount of custom firmware could save that device. It felt outdated and I should have known before shelling out $500 for it. The HD 2 looks promising but no matter how fast that Snapdragon processor is, the WinMo OS will always hold back its true potential. IMO, HTC should abandoned WinMo completely and move on to making all their phones for the Android OS.
It's a shame but that's the way it is. The iPhone and the Androids OS are far superior in every way and they only been on the market since 2007.
Windows Mobile sucks. My next phone is gonna be an Android.