Microsoft eyes 40 percent of smartphone market by 2012

May 14th, 2008

Now that’s a bold statement.  Given that the mobile space is so competitive, I am not sure how this is going to happen.  On the other hand, if there’s someone that’s able to pull this off, it would most likely be Microsoft.  Their super deep pockets and manpower is second to none.

“Around 118 million smartphones were sold last year, according to market researcher Canalys. Symbian captured 67 percent of the OS market, while Microsoft came in second at 13 percent and RIM took 10 percent.”  Read the whole article here.

And then you have to factor all the other things that are happening: growth of the iPhone, Google and their Android operating system, as well as the fact that Symbian and RIM don’t look like they are going anywhere any time soon.  But who knows, maybe they will surprise us all.

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