Comments on: Windows Mobile to get pumped up on Nvidia

Nvidia's Windows Mobile platform goes far beyond the staid, ho-hum Windows running on small mobile devices to date.

[Mister Winky]

Why the snide digs at Windows Mobile and the suggestion that it is somehow unsuccessful? Take a HARD look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

-- How can you say that Windows Mobile has "struggled?" As of Q4 2007, Windows Mobile has greater smartphone market share than the Blackberry and the iPhone.

-- You make it sound like HTC is the only mobile handset manufacturer selling Windows Mobile phones. Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola all make Windows Mobile handsets, too.

-- "But it is still Windows" -- nice, unbiased reporting.

Do some basic research before spreading misinformation, CNET!

-Mister Winky

[cb3431]

I don't think CNET knows how to report without bias.

[sent2null]

Breath Mister Winky,

I don't think the article was biased at all, from the same page you referenced it is clear that Windows Mobile is way behind Symbian which leads all others with a 65% share. Now that said, when comparing the Windows Mobile share to the IPhone , don't forget that the IPhone is barely over a year old where as Windows mobile deviceS (a whole suite of them from many different manufacturers unlike the one IPhone coming from Apple) have been out for almost a decade. Yes, the manufacturers you mentioned do make windows mobile devices and it is still Windows on each, there is only so much customization of the base OS that they can do to make distinctions between the interface. The fact that the IPhone is already at 80% of all the Windows Mobile devices entire share says much about how much domination it is doing (of everything not just Windows Mobile devices). As for Blackberry, they are retooling their products to make them more consumer friendly so I would expect their share to either stand still or rise slightly compared to windows mobile over the next few years. All that said, the Nvidia chip is the right way to look at powering these devices, integrated and efficient design provides the greatest bang for the buck, I can't wait to see how the devices that will use it will compare to the IPhone.

[Mister Winky]

No, the article is biased and takes cheap shots at Windows for no purpose. Did you miss the snarky digs at Windows? They are unprofessional and unnecessary.

After listing the new features that nVidia's chips will add to the next generation of Windows Mobile phones, the author adds "All on, believe it or not, Windows Mobile." Why is that so hard to believe?

Later, the author says Windows Mobile 6.1 is gaining acceptance, then adds "but it is still Windows." What does this mean? A cheap shot, through and through.

Blackberrys have been around longer than Windows Mobile devices (1997 vs. 2000), and they still lag (slightly) in market share. Given that fact, why can it it be said the Blackberrys are doing well while Windows Mobile is "struggling?" It's poor reporting -- no facts and no depth, just opinion.

MS bashing is en vogue among techies even when there is no basis for it. It may be cool and trendy to bash Windows, but Windows still has 90%+ market share in the personal computing world and almost any company in America would kill for the success MS and Windows have experienced over the last 20 years. Igorning or making light of that fact is a sign of poor reporting and personal bias.

-Mister Winky