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14%
14% -- operating system market share for Microsoft (2006)
Microsoft ranked second in smart phone operating system market share in 2006 with 14 percent.
- Slightly less than the year before
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14%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2006
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Global
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Canalys
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Tier C
https://www.flacksrevenge.com/mobile_os_smack/ ↗
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Mobile OS Smackdown
I suppose it makes sense, the idea the handset vendors are winnowing the list of 3rd part OSes they support.
The natural trends seems to be that these devices are becoming ever more software driven. So it seems logical that the handset vendors get out of the OS business and leave it to the experts. …
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Canalys market research data cited via NY Times
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Microsoft: 14% operating system market share. Source: Canalys (2006). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/microsoft-smartphone-os-market-share-2006
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