Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Share Dropped At End of 2009

Microsoft saw its share of the U.S. mobile OS market dip slightly between September and December 2009, to 18 percent, even as it launched Windows Mobile 6.5 in attempt to stop its mobile market erosion. Microsoft has already begun incremental updates to Mobile 6.5, but the next big date to watch for is Feb. 15, when the company makes an announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that could be the rollout of Windows Mobile 7. One of Microsofts main smartphone OS rivals, Research In Motion, also experienced a slight dip during that three-month period ending 2009.
– Microsoft saw its share of the
U.S. mobile
operating-system market fall slightly between September and December 2009, the
period during which the company launched its Windows Mobile 6.5 update in
attempt to slow or halt its market-share declines.

According to ComScores Feb. 8
report, Micros…

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