>>>You above all should know I've said many times that MS (even despite some technology advancements) is still a distant third. And I'm currently a satisfied iPhone/iPad user. But what can't be denied is that MS has had a spike in the world in the last 12 months - and that can't be ignored.
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>>Agreed that in middle 13 numbers were looking pretty good - but while that was heavily published the subsequent slide back after 5s/5c was underpublished.
>>More important IMO are $ revenues, and weighted by that there is the reason AAPL is still expensive even though Jobs cannot offer "one more thing" any more.
>>WP offerings seem to fall into the lower price range - data hard to get: the prices of the top model plunge faster than in the other OS. Android switched in between with some top of the line models actually being sold often.
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>>>There are more and more individual data points popping up where support for MS WP is required. Though clearly, they'll need more and greater spikes to move anywhere beyond "distant third". So I don't think anything being said here by any of us is necessarily conflicting. Summary: MS is doing better - but still a long way to go.
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>>The interesting thing is if they can recover from the expected price slump from Nokia switching owners. If you ever thought about buying a 925 or similar, now is a good time, if the platform grows into the range of 15 - 20% in the future (which on technical merit should happen, but sentiment often is anti-MS).
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>>myself hanging on to Symbian E51 capable of WhatsApp, Texting and PHONING (and in need building a WLAN access point for Nexus7...)
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>Phoning? How quaint.
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>Mike (raising hand)

got a Dick Tracy watch on it ?? ;-)