The Gartner report also notes that Windows Phone’s market share dropped, from 2.7 percent in the third quarter of 2010 to only 1.5 percent this year. Windows didn’t have much going on in the summer, with the spoils of its partnership with Nokia, namely the Nokia Lumia 800, only beginning to gain some prominence this quarter (unfortunately, the phone won’t even be available in the US until 2012).
via www.wired.com
Despite an industry-wide desire for an alternative to the Android and iOS duopoly, it increasingly seems that WP will struggle to be that alternative. At least in handsets.
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