Redmond-based Microsoft received some
good news when the latest report by the digital analytic site
comScore
was released today. According to that report the Redmond-based giant
saw a slight gain in the smartphone marketplace in the second quarter
of 2014. Despite the gain, from 3.3% to 3.6%, Microsoft is still
distant third behind Android and Apple, respectfully, who still
control almost 95% of the U.S market. With this small the uptick is
it gives a positive outlook that the Redmond-based giant is on the
right track with its acquisition
of Nokia's mobile division and the recently announced update to
Windows mobile.
Microsoft's gain came mostly from the
beleaguered BlackBerry who saw their market-share fall from 2.5% to
2.3%. The drop in market-share is just the latest for the company
that has been in freefall since 2008 when they controlled roughly16%
of the marketplace. The downward spiral has prompted plenty of
speculation that BlackBerry
might be purchased by Microsoft last year.
In 2012 the market research company IDC
(international data corporation) predicted
would surge to over 19% to either share or over the number 2 slot
held by Apple. Could this minute be the start of a rise that will see
a big boost in the next 2 years? It is hard to say but given that
there hasn't been too much movement in the marketplace in the last
year that lofty goal probably won't happen.
Even though the android (51.5%)
operating system still remains number 1 they did lose a 1% share to
rival Apple (42.4%) to close the gap from 11% to 9%.
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