Originally Posted by Sniffle774:
“What is its growth like ? Is the OS stealing ground on the others ?
Also, on the web browsing experience one of the best things I like on my phone (HTC Desire) is that when I zoom in on a web page it reforms the text to the size of the screen. Does that happen on WM ?”
There's hasn't really been any growth so far. But before yesterday, the OS hadn't really changed from launch (just addition of copy + paste) and there were no new handsets.
Finally, with Mango, it's a rival to the other OSes by filling out feature gaps. Also there are several new handsets coming out soon from HTC, Samsung, Nokia, ZTE and Acer. So I expect its upward trajectory to start from this holiday onwards. It will be slow but I genuinely believe it will get there. Especially if Microsoft can make Windows 8 a hit and make the two product symbiotically close.
Android was unknown for a couple of years with the T-Mobile G1 and the HTC Hero, the true inflection point came after the creation of the HTC Desire which was based on the Google Nexus S. Google themselves only did that as they felt hardware manufacturers weren't trying hard enough.
Windows Phone re-launches into a much more difficult environment where iPhone is very mature, Android is close to maturity and occupies all price points.
But Microsoft is fully invested into the product, so is Nokia and many, many developers around the world. So if you invest into the ecosystem too, you won't be left shafted, six months down the line.