Can Any Smartphone Platform Overcome the Android/iOS Duopoly?

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 31, 2013 @08:10AM from the rumbles-from-redmond dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "The company formerly known as Research In Motion—which decided to cut right to the proverbial chase and rename itself 'BlackBerry'—launched its much-anticipated BlackBerry 10 operating system at a high-profile event in New York City Jan. 30. Meanwhile, Microsoft is still dumping tons of money and effort into Windows Phone. But can either smartphone OS — or another player, for that matter — successfully challenge Apple iOS and Google Android, which one research firm estimated as running on 92 percent of smartphones shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012? What would it take for any company to launch that sort of successful effort?"

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Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-31 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

...if giant asteroids hit Mountain View, South Korea, and Cupertino at the exact same moment.
Re:I'd expect that... by Un+pobre+guey · 2013-01-31 08:16 · Score: 4, Funny

I know the answer: No. Unfortunately, I'm still not filthy rich.
Re:Lots of Money by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2013-01-31 08:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Dude, please. If Microsoft software became self-aware, it would be Terri Schiavo.
Re:Lots of Money by msauve · 2013-01-31 08:31 · Score: 3, Funny

They could call it the ZunePhone.

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Re:No by SirJorgelOfBorgel · 2013-01-31 11:43 · Score: 3, Funny

So, what you're saying is, you agree with my first point, but to put my comment into perspective, you're going to state exactly my second point ?