In your face Steve Ballmer - Apple iPhone Q3 2007 market-share busts up Windows Mobile
By Will Park on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 9:30 pm PST In Announcements, Apple, Research, iPhone
We love quoting CEO’s. They’re good at shooting off at the mouth and having to later eat those words. Take, for example, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s statement about the iPhone back in April. Mr. Balls-mer said that “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.”
Well, guess what? The Apple iPhone took out the entirety of all Windows Mobile devices’ market share in Q3 2007. With iPhone market-share continuing to grow, Steve Ballmer is likely eating those bitter words. But, we’re sure he doesn’t mind it all that much - those tens of millions of dollars in yearly dessert-salary are a good way to wash that bitter taste off of any palette.
NPD is reporting that the iPhone snatched up a remarkable 27% of the US smartphone market in Q3 2007. The findings are in line with recent reports that the mobile-web was dominated by surfers using the iPhone’s unrivaled Safari browser.
Hey, Microsoft investors, you sure you still want to be feeding this guy all those fatty C-notes? He looks like he’s had more than his fair share.
Here’s a video of Steve Ballmer’s well-fed (those C-notes are fattening, remember?) self
[Via: MacDailyNews]Image courtesy of Roughly Drafted.
December 15th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Just shows you how bad Window Mobile really is, also what is Nokia doing in the US? Shouldnt they be trying a little harder? (It feels like they are missing out on a huge trick there).
December 15th, 2007 at 7:09 am
Chris P to answer your question… they arent doing anything for now
. Didnt know that BB is so strong 
December 15th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Get down, that soapbox will crumble under the weight of the iphat.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
[...] Further, the iPhone has attained a 28% smartphone market-share in the US for Q4 2007. That puts the iPhone in second-place, trailing RIM’s (the BlackBerry maker) 41% market-share. To put this into perspective, Palm’s 9% share and Windows Mobile’s combined 21% share has already been over-shadowed by the iPhone. But, then again, we’re not all that surprised, given that the iPhone’s market-share already overtook Windows Mobile in Q3 2007. [...]
February 5th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
[...] Further, the iPhone has attained a 28% smartphone market-share in the US for Q4 2007. That puts the iPhone in second-place, trailing RIM’s (the BlackBerry maker) 41% market-share. To put this into perspective, Palm’s 9% share and Windows Mobile’s combined 21% share has already been over-shadowed by the iPhone. But, then again, we’re not all that surprised, given that the iPhone’s market-share already overtook Windows Mobile in Q3 2007. [...]