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Study: Windows Phone Enterprise Growth Exceeds BlackBerry’s

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 9:12 AM

BlackBerry-AberdeenStudy

A recent study by Aberdeen Group examined current and planned enterprise mobile deployments, and though BlackBerry is still the king of the hill, its lead is shrinking. Their projected growth in enterprise is 3% for 2010, while Windows Mobile’s is 7%, which, if accurate, would make it a 77% – 70% race between the two. RIM’s consumer market share has been exploding over the last year, so obviously their attention is just a bit divided, but I doubt they’ll lose their steely grip on enterprise customers.

What’s a bit more interesting I think, is the projected growth for Android – look at that, it’ll nearly triple by next year, and compete with Symbian. I’ve yet to see any really compelling enterprise solutions for Android, but the devices are coming out of the woodwork like nobody’s business, and the consumer appeal that in turn drives enterprise demand (case in point: iPhone) is clearly there. webOS is seeing tragically teeny progress, and with all of these contenders for enterprise mobility, Palm have a hard time carving out a name for themselves.

[MobileEnterpriseMag via wmpoweruser]

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Simon Sage

Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.

  • Ahmed Eltawil

    I’ll be the judge of that…thanks.

  • trey

    Yup Google all the way