Microsoft to pay AT&T reps $200 million in the U.S. to recommend Windows Phone models
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Looking at a chart of global OS marketshare, you can see that Android has been in a major uptrend through the third quarter of last year. Symbian's trend resembles RIM's stock price and iOS has been steady. The graph, based on data from Gartner, shows that Windows Phone had only 2.7% of the market by the end of last September.
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Windows Phone had just a 2.7% share of the global market at the end of Q3 2011 |
Some might look at this plan by Microsoft as cheating somehow, while others would just call it another form of promoting the software. What do you think? Let us know by commenting in the box below.
source: AndroidAuthority
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88 Comments
51. JeffdaBeat posted on 26 Jan 2012, 18:25 2 1
I dunno dude. This is the biggest reason why I will never walk into another cell phone store to buy a phone. This goes with sales in general, but especially cell phones. They aren't offering products that are going to work best for consumers, but instead offering what's going to make them the most money. I think most nerds order online anyway, but especially because of crap like this.
86. monsieurturtle posted on 03 Apr 2012, 11:36 0 1
Arguably many people don't actually know what works best for them, and that's why the attendants are there. It goes both ways.
I recall my dad talking about getting a smartphone on T-mobile, and I tried to guide him in the right direction (at the time, this was the Sensation 4G). Unfortunately, he thought he would need a physical keyboard, so he got the Samsung Gravity (which, amazingly, cost him as much as the Sensation would have).
I was shaking my head, because as I expected, he warmed up to the software keyboard in no time, and went with an inferior device.
My experience has shown me some pushy salesmen, but also many who seem to be giving honest opinions/recommendations, though sometimes uninformed.
2. drahmad posted on 26 Jan 2012, 12:58 15 12
thats what i wanted. i am in love with wp and i want to see it rising
9. anywherehome posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:17 0 7
please, do you have mass storage=old just FAT32 just because of Microsoft? :)
at least we have mass storage but just FAT32.....it is a pity that Linux hasn't been more aggressive....because its been free
67. drahmad posted on 26 Jan 2012, 22:14 4 3
250 million dollars a quarter. now go take your pill.
3. joeymk posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:02 5 5
This is the ONLY way to show to ppl that Windows Phone is very good operating system.
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4. anywherehome posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:04 2 10
MS is loosing money from WP now and then........and always will because they don't have background like Google=money from advertisement
MS=just money from Windows + Office so he will always loose money...their web money are always in red
6. drahmad posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:07 8 10
so what? go and play with your android toy which are being pushed by those reps...
7. anywherehome posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:13 1 5
toy? didn't you know that iPad s sense is of 90 % a toy? read the statistics....read facts :)
with an iPhone it is the same....just as a toy.....mostly games...see the facts :)
and WP goes exactly the same way like Apple
10. drahmad posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:17 2 6
iPad and Toy :-D
13. anywherehome posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:22 0 1
yes :)
http://goo.gl/aetyi
17. anywherehome posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:28 0 1
19. anywherehome posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:30 0 1
and yes :-D
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/mobile-app-lists/top-paid-ipad-apps-itunes-store-charts
61. E.N. posted on 26 Jan 2012, 19:54 0 0
Is that really news? It says that 71% of iPad users play games. Big deal. It doesn't say that 71% of iPad users use their device ONLY for games.
And wouldn't you expect games to be in the most sold applications? Some people sue their iPads for reading and education, others use it for DJing, or photo editing, but everyone who owns one can play games.
