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Windows Mobile Healthier, More Common Than Many Think

19.12.2009
That is "on life support" must come as news to the 7.23 million users of 's smartphone operating system. While the smartphone OS is in jeopardy, I don't see a situation nearly so dire.

The 7.23 million figure is how many users ComScore found It is an increase from 6.5 million users in July, making Windows Mobile the third most popular smartphone OS, after RIM and .

My colleague, Tony Bradley, twists that number to say Windows Mobile is "."

How does being the third most popular smartphone OS equate to being "on life support?" Yes, I know Microsoft's smartphone ambitions have always exceeded its grasp, but number three isn't such a bad position to be in.

Except in Tony's eyes, he says Apple's leap into the number two spot somehow makes Windows Mobile an endangered species.

That might true if Apple's customers were actually would-be Microsoft customers. Yet, in enterprises and businesses of any size, the iPhone is not a serious player. For business customers, the competition is between and Windows Mobile. That Apple now sits between them in total U.S. users doesn't mean terribly much.