Android v Microsoft Windows Mobile
October 26, 2009NYT picks up on the fact that Microsoft’s mobile business model is in tatters:
If you get Android, you get an operating system that is a version of Linux and a few tools,” Mr. Bach said. “That’s fine. But what are you going to do as your music experience? What will yo do for your photos experience?”
Android has a large developer community and Apple has a large app development business. Microsoft? Hmm, they seem to be adapting faster and incorporating more features than Microsoft. Not sure what they have or what they can do to close the gap. Besides, Apple can absorb the costs of development and Android outsources the costs so they are not dependent on the license model:
Microsoft, by contrast, charges manufacturers $15 to $25 per Windows Mobile phone sold, an attempt to duplicate the rich business model of Windows for the PC. Google’s a-rising-tide-raises-our-ship approach deeply perplexes Microsoft executives.
He argued that handset makers will need to spend more money to develop a phone using Android than for Windows Mobile.
As I talked to the major handset manufacturers, I didn’t hear that complaint.
Totally out of touch.
Every Google phone works differently, and you have fragmentation,” he said.
But then again, Windows Mobile, which has been around for nearly 10 years, already has that same problem
It’s interesting that Bach doesn’t have one positive thing to say about his own software but instead resorts to questioning Google’s model, their cost, their features etc. Says a lot.
