Verizon about to throw some money away behind Windows Phone

[Ronnie-]

Smartphones: PinStack.com - AT&T, Verizon embrace Windows Phone to balance smartphone battle

Meanwhile, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo said last week that the nation's largest wireless carrier is "hoping to do the same thing" with Windows Phone that it did with Android, which now powers more than half of all smartphones across the United States.
"It is important that there is a third ecosystem brought into the mix here," Shammo said on the company's first-quarter earnings conference call. "We are fully supportive of that with Microsoft ... We helped create the Android platform from the beginning and it is an incredible platform today, and we are looking to do the same thing with a third ecosystem." Shammo also said that Verizon is looking to the Windows Phone 8.0 software upgrade, expected later this year, before committing more fully to the platform.​

 

[John Kotches]

What are they throwing their weight behind.

December 2011 windows mobile head is fired.

Feb 2012 windows mobile head of development leaves.

Apr 2012 windows mobile marketing head leaves

These are 3 high profile changes in < 6 months.



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[Jimbo]

What are they throwing their weight behind.

December 2011 windows mobile head is fired.

Feb 2012 windows mobile head of development leaves.

Apr 2012 windows mobile marketing head leaves

These are 3 high profile changes in < 6 months.



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Verizon people moving into those positions ?

 

[John Kotches]

That's a lot of high profile spots in 6 months.

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[rockymtnhigh]

And more than half of Verizon's sales right now are iPhones - as of a few months ago. With the rest split between everything else. What is their incentive? Sell less iPhones and not have to pay apple as much? But I am not sure I buy that. Or is there a reaon they are concerned about the non-iOS part of their market?

 

[John Kotches]

Rocky :

The goal is probably the same as always, increase sales and market share.

Perhaps they are looking for a replacement for BlackBerry.

My company is issuing Android phones as replacements for BB hardware.

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[Rey]

verizon is going to need to throw a lot more than just "some weight" at this.

 

[Hall]

verizon is going to need to throw a lot more than just "some weight" at this.

My money says Microsoft has thrown "something" Verizon's way as an incentive

 

[rockymtnhigh]

My money says Microsoft has thrown "something" Verizon's way as an incentive

They are doing it with app developers, why not with carriers too? Makes total sense. Can't compete on your own, so we'll try to buy access to the market.

 

[Peter Parker]

My money says Microsoft has thrown "something" Verizon's way as an incentive

I am not so sure that is unusual in the industry.

 

[Hall]

They are doing it with app developers, why not with carriers too? Makes total sense. Can't compete on your own, so we'll try to buy access to the market.

We ARE talking about Microsoft, after all !

 

[Hall]

I am not so sure that is unusual in the industry.

I think in the industry it's called "subsidies" or something along those lines....

 

[Neutron]

Microsoft is desperate. Their desktop OS isn't what it used to be especially with people migrating to tablets and using their smartphones for their computing needs now, and their mobile OS is a piece of crap IMHO.

 

[navychop]

MS has two cash cows, neither looking good over the long term: Windows OS & Office.

Long live Apache!

 

[John Kotches]

I've been saying for a while that if MS doesn't knock this one out of the park (Windows 8) on both platforms they are in big trouble. They might be in big trouble if the desktop market shrinks.

The good news is that the proliferation of mobile, it's helping give me job assurance ... need more servers to service all the mobile devices

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[rockymtnhigh]

I've been saying for a while that if MS doesn't knock this one out of the park (Windows 8) on both platforms they are in big trouble. They might be in big trouble if the desktop market shrinks.

The good news is that the proliferation of mobile, it's helping give me job assurance ... need more servers to service all the mobile devices

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If I was Microsoft I would be VERY concerned about the exponential increase in computing platform of choice among college students -- I am guessing at least 1 out of every 3 machines in the classroom that I see are Macs, in some venues, like coffee shops, it seems to be closer to 50%. The current generation of young people are NOT enamored with Microsoft. And they are the next generation of consumers. I do think Microsoft has to hit it out of the park; although I am not convinced they have a chance in the mobile market. No matter how "buttery" WP8 might be, its got a huge disadvantage.

 

[Neutron]

The fact that Windows is a buggy OS keeps me employed.

 

[John Kotches]

Funny, I read an article today where tablets were evolving to become the next platform of choice.

Microsoft's dominance may be over in the next few years.

Kind of reminds me of the robust days before windows was king. Lots of quality choices.

Competition is good.

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[navychop]

RAH! RAH!

I miss HDOS and CP/M.

 

[Ramy]

I still think MS is too little too late. No matter how much money they throw behind it, the only way would be to give away all their phones to customers for a couple of years.