Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Push Coming To Shove
Posted by Jon Westfall in "ARTICLE" @ 06:00 PM
"Microsoft Corp. may one day challenge Research In Motion Ltd. for dominance of the mobile email market, but, despite the launch of the first "direct push" email devices, the Windows Mobile operating system isn't up to the task yet, according to analysts. They point to several constraints. For starters, there aren't many push-capable Windows Mobile devices out on the market yet, the upgrade path from older devices isn't at all clear, and enterprises haven't yet had time to test the server and device software fully to ensure that it works well. "The press seems to be giving Microsoft the benefit of the doubt that their release 1.0 of wireless email software will be competitive with the Blackberry in terms of security, manageability, and battery life," says Gartner Inc. analyst Todd Kort. "But I have strong doubts about this." He predicts Microsoft's wireless email problems will be resolved with the next software revision, expected sometime next year, as well as more and better hardware that exploit it more fully."
RIM licenses or Microsoft Direct Push? There is much speculation going around about the future for both, with this piece coming to the consensus that RIM need not fear a license drop-off in sales for quite some time. But as new WM 5 devices role out (And non-converged devices seemingly drop off the map), might RIM not be able to rest as long as some predict? How quickly, if ever, will the MS solution become dominant?
RIM licenses or Microsoft Direct Push? There is much speculation going around about the future for both, with this piece coming to the consensus that RIM need not fear a license drop-off in sales for quite some time. But as new WM 5 devices role out (And non-converged devices seemingly drop off the map), might RIM not be able to rest as long as some predict? How quickly, if ever, will the MS solution become dominant?
