In your face Steve Ballmer – Apple iPhone Q3 2007 market-share busts up Windows Mobile
By Will Park on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 9:30 PM PST In Announcements, Apple, Research, iPhone
We love quoting CEO’s. They’re good at shooting off at the mouth and having to later eat those words. Take, for example, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer’s statement about the iPhone back in April. Mr. Balls-mer said that “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.”
Well, guess what? The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone took out the entirety of all Windows Mobile devices’ market share in Q3 2007. With iPhone market-share continuing to grow, Steve Ballmer is likely eating those bitter words. But, we’re sure he doesn’t mind it all that much – those tens of millions of dollars in yearly dessert-salary are a good way to wash that bitter taste off of any palette.
NPD is reporting that the iPhone snatched up a remarkable 27% of the US smartphone market in Q3 2007. The findings are in line with recent reports that the mobile-web was dominated by surfers using the iPhone’s unrivaled Safari browser.
Hey, Microsoft investors, you sure you still want to be feeding this guy all those fatty C-notes? He looks like he’s had more than his fair share.
Here’s a video of Steve Ballmer’s well-fed (those C-notes are fattening, remember?) self
[Via: MacDailyNews]Image courtesy of Roughly Drafted.
Just shows you how bad Window Mobile really is, also what is Nokia doing in the US? Shouldnt they be trying a little harder? (It feels like they are missing out on a huge trick there).
Chris P to answer your question… they arent doing anything for now
. Didnt know that BB is so strong 
Get down, that soapbox will crumble under the weight of the iphat.