Comments on: BlackBerry Still On Top And The Gap Is Widening http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-still-on-top-and-the-gap-is-widening The Official, Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Case http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-still-on-top-and-the-gap-is-widening#comment-98057 Case Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:26:44 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1474#comment-98057 To #4: I agree with you that stats can be skewed to a great extent. However, I believe the point of the survey was more to point out the trends of the manufacturers and not the multiple platforms (Blackberry vs all Win mobile). After quickly scanning their report, I don't think the different platforms were even mentioned. Also: "The ChangeWave Alliance is a network of 11,000 highly qualified business, technology and medical professionals in leading companies of select industries. The Alliance is surveyed weekly on a wide range of business and investment research and intelligence topics." ... it's targeted directly towards the business user, but I don't think they try to hide the population sample or use it to skew the data. To #4:

I agree with you that stats can be skewed to a great extent.

However, I believe the point of the survey was more to point out the trends of the manufacturers and not the multiple platforms (Blackberry vs all Win mobile). After quickly scanning their report, I don’t think the different platforms were even mentioned.

Also:

“The ChangeWave Alliance is a network of 11,000 highly qualified business, technology and medical professionals in leading companies of select industries. The Alliance is surveyed weekly on a wide range of business and investment research and intelligence topics.”

… it’s targeted directly towards the business user, but I don’t think they try to hide the population sample or use it to skew the data.

]]> By: kirkrr http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-still-on-top-and-the-gap-is-widening#comment-97975 kirkrr Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1474#comment-97975 The table alludes to Win Mobile being a Blackjack (OK, e.g. means example, but it predisposes the respondent to think about that device), whereas the Blackberry has, what, 40+ models that make up the stable? All Nokia N and E series phones, as well as a number of Sony phones are Symbian smartphones, but there is no indication that these are part of the numbers. For a strictly corporate environments, I would strongly agree with Blackberry dominance, but I question that remaining numbers as being severely skewed, or at the very least, biased by the way the data is presented. However, for the majority of smaller business users and individuals, Treos and Win Mobile devices seem to me to be far more prevalent. I know very few people who buy a Blackberry for exclusive personal use (myself excluded - a 7290), but many with Win Mobile devices from HP, Palm, Samsung, HTC, and others, as well as E and N series Nokias, and Palm-based Treos. There are liars, damn'd liars, and then there are statisticians....... How about a look at the survey questions and respondents demographics to see the basis for the questionable output. The table alludes to Win Mobile being a Blackjack (OK, e.g. means example, but it predisposes the respondent to think about that device), whereas the Blackberry has, what, 40+ models that make up the stable? All Nokia N and E series phones, as well as a number of Sony phones are Symbian smartphones, but there is no indication that these are part of the numbers.

For a strictly corporate environments, I would strongly agree with Blackberry dominance, but I question that remaining numbers as being severely skewed, or at the very least, biased by the way the data is presented.

However, for the majority of smaller business users and individuals, Treos and Win Mobile devices seem to me to be far more prevalent. I know very few people who buy a Blackberry for exclusive personal use (myself excluded - a 7290), but many with Win Mobile devices from HP, Palm, Samsung, HTC, and others, as well as E and N series Nokias, and Palm-based Treos.

There are liars, damn’d liars, and then there are statisticians…….

How about a look at the survey questions and respondents demographics to see the basis for the questionable output.

]]> By: Robb Dunewood http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-still-on-top-and-the-gap-is-widening#comment-97968 Robb Dunewood Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:28:13 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1474#comment-97968 Windows Mobile devices remind of those fancy high priced sports cars that look really cool when you valet them, but, don't really ride all that well and and constantly need to be serviced. Windows Mobile devices remind of those fancy high priced sports cars that look really cool when you valet them, but, don’t really ride all that well and and constantly need to be serviced.

]]> By: gquaglia http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-still-on-top-and-the-gap-is-widening#comment-97954 gquaglia Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:04:48 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1474#comment-97954 I guess that goes to show that most people simply don't like Win Mobile. I guess that goes to show that most people simply don’t like Win Mobile.

]]> By: bwl zwei null » Unterwegs (mobil) im Internet surfen http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-still-on-top-and-the-gap-is-widening#comment-97921 bwl zwei null » Unterwegs (mobil) im Internet surfen Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:35:07 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1474#comment-97921 [...] dazu veröffentlicht Rob Dunewood aktuelle Zahlen zur Marktentwicklung bei den Smartphones. Demnach konnte BlackBerry (RIM) seine [...] [...] dazu veröffentlicht Rob Dunewood aktuelle Zahlen zur Marktentwicklung bei den Smartphones. Demnach konnte BlackBerry (RIM) seine [...]

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