CITÁT DNE: Jediní hráči na trhu s chytrými telefony jsou Nokia a Microsoft

Na serveru C|Net News vyšel rozhovor se Stevem Ballmerem, CEO společnosti Microsoft. Řeč byla o Vistách, o životě po nich .. d8-D a v rozhovoru padla také otázka na chytré telefony a Steve se rozpovídal:

Let's say the PC market is roughly 200 million units these days, and let's say the PC market goes great guns over the next several years and grows 14 percent or 15 percent a year. Those are big numbers. You go great guns, China booms. You get maybe over 400 million in a few years. The cell phone market is already a billion units a year, and the truth of the matter is that what I'll call „smart devices,“ as a percentage, the total is rising dramatically.

When it comes to smart devices, there really aren't that many players. Basically, you have Nokia/Symbian, you've got us. Actually, I'll be so bold as to say that the two of us stand out in that area. Then you have some guys who are more niche players--Palm is more of a niche player, (Research In Motion's) BlackBerry is more of a niche player, those Linux devices from Motorola, particularly in China, (mean it) is more of a niche player.

You have some things intermediate between dumb and smart devices – kind of the J2ME-type phones – but when you talk about real smart devices, there's really two guys who I think are broad frontline players and have most of the share. It often surprises people when we tell them how much we outsell BlackBerry. BlackBerry, because they are more popular in the United States, people assume that they're quite popular. The truth of the matter is we actually outsell BlackBerry many factors to one, that's worldwide, yeah, absolutely.

Opravdoví hráči jsou jen Nokia a Microsoft, ostatní jsou jen „přizdisr**i“ .. d8-D

P.S.: Možná ale Steve Ballmer zapoměl na Sony Ericsson a UIQ.