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  • DEVELOPERS

  • Everyone I know has an Android! I think its far superior than any thing Microsoft can make!

  • Ballmer is a parody of himself. Idiotception!

  • "They are welcome in our world" hahahahahaaha!!!

  • I have an iPhone.

  • Symbian sucks.

    Android is linux based.

  • Where's your windows mobile now???

  • whenever ballmer is asked a tough question, he just spouts a shit load of nonsense about how 'microsoft currently has a larger market share.' 4 years later, they are struggling to be relevant.

  • if their would be a country called optimism, he would be president

  • Available Windows Phone in many devices does not mean it is better than android.

  • I'm surprised he didn't laugh...

  • windows mobile is DEAD

  • I think too many people are "disliking" this video because Ballmer's comments are idiotic... But you're supposed to LIKE it if you were entertained by it!

  • Balmers a jackass

  • Isn't it funny how every product Steve Ballmer laughs at becomes popular and Microsoft's own rival fails massively?

  • And as far as throwing number out there, HTC has reported that 30% of its sales are coming from Windows Phone now ;)

  • I've played w/ all mobile OS'. Played around w/ an iPhone for a bit, that got old. Owned an Android phone w/ 1.5, 2.0, 2.2 and 2.3. Good stuff. Now I own a Windows Phone w/ Mango. Truly the cleanest OS to date. Too bad people will not give it a try, but from the friends I have showed it to, they like it. I let em use it and play with it and they do indeed like it.  One thing ppl boast about w/ other phones is ZOMG I HAVE SO MANY APPS. But those are useless apps most of the time.

  • Microsoft is fading way, and it's fading away FAST!! they must change their CEO.

  • And Google says "Look at me now"

  • Any time balmer laughs at something you can bet a year later it will be the most succesful thing ever. Show's how pig ignorant he is.

  • Balmer is always a year behind!

  • Google just kicked windows' ass

  • Doesnt he feel like a silly goose now...

  • @2:49

    "Indeed, 3 of Symbians biggest supporters: samsung LG and motorola ... "

    Oops, sorry, as of recent - Google just bought one of your supporters: motorola.

    Not looking so smug now are ya

  • Nevertheless, I would even buy a device with Windows Phone 7 on board if they stopped their patent trolling campaign.

  • It's funny to see how Microsoft was bragging about Windows Mobile / Phone nowadays when Android is dominating.

  • Who has 50% of the smartphone market and growing?. I can tell you one thing, it's not Microsoft or Nokia. Android is the future.

  • fuck windows. the communist approach to software

  • @glowcode and how is that?

  • @glowcode Do you really know what comunism means?

  • If Steve Ballmer does not like your product and thinks it sucks, congratulations! You have a winning product in your hands.

  • Ballmer is too cocky! They need to fire this mother!

  • @thanatosanima No - please do not fire him! With him leading Microsoft, Linux will have a really good future! Please do NOT fire him. He is very... clever! You NEED him in Microsoft! PLEASE!!!

  • Windows Mobile sucks!

  • @Beun007 Of course Windows Mobile sucks.

    Now they have Windows Phone 7, which is gaining ground as fast as Android did - the only difference is that Android had a head start, which means it has more apps, which gives it a bit of an exponential edge.

  • Geez windows mobile is the titanic and this moron is the captain, and playing chicken with iceberg's!

  • possibly the worst man for predicting the market

  • Balmer also ridiculed iPhone before it was launched (video on youtube). Seriously Balmer, needs to be a bit more diplomatic than this. He looks like a douche when he acts like this.

  • Lol, Nokia and MS are going in free fall in the Handset market. You guys underestimated Android.

  • who is laughing now?

    I bet this will happen with chrome OS

  • android is fragmented SHIT. windows phone 7 destroys that pile of shit.... ballmer was right, android wouldnt succeed, so what android is #1 in marketshare but google makes no money from it dumbasses, RIMM blackberry was #1 once too, the status quo doesnt stay the same idiot fucks

  • @LightCan It is funny that 95% of people couldn't say the same.. I have used Windows Phone 7 and in my opinion, it sucks! Android is absolutely better, and that is a fact.... iOS is also a good OS, but WM...... Don't think so! Sorry buddy, I hate that you bought a Windows Mobile phone, and think it is the best around, but me and everyone else on the planet have news for you!

  • @RapidFixLLC Personally I wouldn't buy a windows phone either, but I have heard great things about it. I'm sure it has its benefits. Atleast microsoft is providing competition.

  • It's Ballmer's job to rubbish other platforms. Whether he was wrong or not doesn't matter.

  • OH, my god. this is hilarious :P

  • Symbian is failing, and windows mobile is losing marketshare... Android will be the most used platform soon, together with Apple's IOS. This video shows us how unpredictable the phonemarket is

  • "If you look at the market share, we're not worried" - Symbian

    How many phones are going to have Symbian loaded this time next year? Zero.

    Nice insight.

  • @syvergy Hahah, good example that these big shot CEOs aren't exactly geniuses, probably like 90% of them are morons.

  • DEVELOPERS

  • Steve is too old and should retire and leave his position to other younger people with fresh ideas that can present the image of Microsoft. Ballmer is a door-to-door potato vendor, he should not represent a company like Microsoft or any other company in the world

  • Fuck these microleachers...

  • I have WP7. its way faster than android and way better. then again, googles shitty programming doesnt include modern day features like GPU accelerated interface, you know so the interface doesnt stutter like 100% of android phones do today? or a gaming network like xbox live, or a music player worth a shit. but the fandroids dont care, anything to support their shitty advertising company...

  • @LightCan "Google's shitty programing" - I stopped reading there.

  • @paulvulf you know android is a fragmented piece of shit, right

  • @LightCan

    u mad brah? cause android be stylin on you?

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  • love the inflection in his voice

  • linux-laptop and an android phone is all I need to do everything!!

  • The only person I know who had a Windows Mobile device ended up throwing it out his apartment window.

  • @ddpsp i have an hd2, i made it an android device

  • Steve Ballmer is just trying to make windows look good. Not working so well for him.

  • he s big ideot.

    android is the best mobile OS. i have HD2 windows OS phone..

    stupid phone .same like him.

  • I really love how this has evolved 4 years later. Way to go Microsoft!

  • Complacency is a bitch.

  • Go Android GO!!!!

  • After this interview, the history of WinMo went to shits. Well done Mr. Ballmer!

  • Windows Moble. Does he mean Windows Mobile?

  • It's amazing to see this now in retrospective, both giants dismissing the little droid as a competitive alternative and now teaming up to struggle their way to relevancy again... really, a thumbs up for this history lesson!

  • When i saw the title i knew i had to watch this.

  • I honestly don't know a single person who uses windows mobile. It's either iOS or Android.

  • Thumbs up if u hav an android phone

  • Seriously, what would bill gates see in this guy?

  • Steve ballmer used too have kids... he ate them.

  • Android kicks butt on expensive M$ software and will open the door to linux, Nokia have also made symbian open source, Open source FTW, ill never buy a crappy M$ windows phone.

  • 20 million smartphones in a year. Wow! That's as much as a fifth of Android's production. Better then I thought, I guess.

  • LOL that guy from symbian obviously didn't realise how damn good linux is and android would be.

  • The last time I used a device with WIndows Mobile is was more unrelible that Windows xp or Windows 7

  • @MegaRanger10 I just recently bought a phone with windows mobile on it.....I HATE the os but what's more I can't help but think every time I use it "this could be ten times quicker, better and far more efficient on my pc.

  • HTC BIATCH!!!

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  • Why do many hate Balmer? He is not teasing Linux or anyone, unlike Jobs and Apple, who often sue open source softwares and make fun of competitors.

  • iPhone + Android= End of Windows Mobile

  • @B1llyBala Android = death of windows mobile and Iphone

  • The Great End of The Microsoft Corporation :)

  • @18kmtosea but we need windows on the PC right

  • steve go the fuck home!!!!

  • For some reason people thinking like Steve Balmer is the reason for the Vista fiasco we all know about. You also don't own your copy of the operating system at all - you are basically just paying for the rights to use it. This is like paying someone to use their wife. - People complain that open source products like Linux/FreeBSD are not well supported - well they are, and if something is not good enough then maybe people should start using it to gain support!

  • And the winner is ANDROID - Sales of Android-powered smartphones soared to 20.5 million units, giving the Android platform a 25.5 per cent market share, up from just 3.5 per cent a year ago. So Steve - everyone knew you were an idiot...you sold your shares in your own company, and we all know your a complete bullshit artist.

  • stay one minute.wasn't it bill gates the ceo???

  • Whenever Mr. Ballmer feels threatened, he retreats back into his shell and throws out statistics like they singlehandedly prove his (nonexistent) point.

  • lol, fast forward to today and android is kicking both WinMo and iOS. bwahahaha we win. fuck you baldy.

  • I'm surprised he's still a CEO. Also I'm unsure if I should rate this + or -.

    + = for showing other people that's an incompetent CEO.

    - = That's only taking nonsense!

    Hmmm...

  • this is so painfully short-sighted that I bet Ballmer didn't even see Android as it zoomed by WIndows Mobile for market share. I love my Droid 2 (except the battery life).

  • 0:36 - not any more

  • i think he is drunk

  • Funny considering iOS and Android together s are threatening to consume Windows Mobile altogether.

  • LOL Fast forward to today. Google's android officially has a larger market share than windows mobile.

  • @DeleeP Fast forward to even today!! hahaha

  • Ballmer is so damn stupid... How he got this job? I don't understand this.

  • Now this is hilarious. Why isn't he gone by now!

  • developers! developers! developers!

  • creepy guy, talking about windows mobel... YES he said mobel, not mobile.

  • Ballmer, you are very bad CEO, sorry... :(

  • Google has something that MS doesn't have. A support from the masses. Microsoft survives on a huge marketing budget, and absolutely no good coders and programmers, which leads to bloated software. They buy popularity through ads and campaigns. Google is more like viral marketing which is cheaper. Think open source. Then they can also afford to pay the right engineers and make good products.

    I wouldn't underestimate Google at any time. They are a real threat to MS.

  • windows mobile is not strong

  • Haters gna hate.

    You think share holders would let him stay if he was crap?

  • this was like 3 years ago.. am sure their thinking will be different now..

    symbian ceo saying 'just another linux platform' makes me laugh now but at that time it was true

    but one thing is for sure, google cant be taken lightly!

  • @creativekams It WAS three years ago. not LIKE 3 years ago.

  • @sonic3243

    bravo my friend!

  • I'll sell by WM phone and use Android!

    Google has you :)

  • WinMo and Symbian... Dead.

  • @trumpeteerTralala

    Ha ha these people Microsoft and Symbian assummed they would just remian on top. If you don't fight to stay on top you don't. The blew their competitors and now look, Yep Windows Mobile and Symbian are Dead. UI is the most important part of functionality of a smartphone, both fail.

  • this guy have been spot on everything else! NOT! And he missed the Android as well! Windows mobil is a joke compared to Android and iPhone OS. When is this guy gonna be fired! He is useless!

  • Actually, my Windows Mobile device was far more reliable than my crackberry. Still, my iPhone trumps both.

  • You mean blue screen on mobile devices too? LOL.

  • Windoze Mobile already pwned, and will continue to be pwned. Fail again BallBoy.

  • Windows is better than Mac. It's that simle.

    iPad, iPod = iPay anything for shiny toys

  • Google is welcome in "your world"?! seriously?!

  • Android and Maemo and other Linux based OS are slowly taking over the mobile device world.

    I still remember how Steve laughed about the iPhone. Now the video looks kinda funny.

  • "We'll have to see what Google does". Brilliant plan Steve, just keep waiting. Im sure Android will just die off - its just an open platform, no one is interested in those things these days.

  • 100 stars for android

  • blah blah blah... oops!

  • when is he going to start talking about the developers

  • no offense but Steve Ballmer was funny

  • no offense but Steve Ballmer was funny

  • excellent work!

  • Meh. Android doesn't impress me. Although, neither does Windows Mobile (although Windows Mobile 7 may be different.).

    Google's first phone (Nexus 1 I think?) was somewhat of a fail if I heard right.

  • I think what Steve is saying is that hardware manufactures including Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC, Intel,and Texas Instruments, should be using Windoze ? Nice try Steve !

    Personally, I am finished with my Windows Mobile Devices... Android is the way ahead !

  • @maxdecimus88 I really dont give a rats ass about apps and shit for phones. I just wanna text and make calls. :P

  • I think he has a point that is more relevant now, with Google making their own phone based on their own software, it scares away other manufactures.

  • @MrJaymacdonald

    Or it forces them to make an even better Android phone, to beat Google, because of the now produced consumer demand for Android. In the end, Google always wins.

  • @Zoasterboy Meh, I'd rather have an iPhone.

  • Many do, but statistically the tides are changing, and corporations only show loyalty to $.

  • I don't think Steve has credibility in the mobile market anymore. He made a mistake about the iphone and he is making the same mistake about the android system in phones. He needs to stop giving his two cents about it. If they want to compete, they need a new face in the company.

  • @smcoats First I thought you meant Steve Jobs xD

  • LOL...No Steve jobs is on fire with letting his team express their ideas. Steve B is a joke now. he blew his chance. If he wants to rebuild, he should start by teaming up with apple. the first project is get google off of their computers and phones and put bing on them. It's time to compete with google.

  • @CPnieuws don't worry both are assholes....

  • he looks so vulnerable... but sucker balmer... dont worry... google has done it time and again.. and will prove their point to you in this domain too..

  • lol @ symbian

  • my dog would be a better CEO

  • @its0Nah ANYONES dog would be a better CEO - LOL!!!

  • @its0Nah Without knowing your dog - or its personality - I would agree 100%.

  • @its0Nah This Steve guy is an idiot....talks like an idiot, and looks like an idiot....and if he thinks that Android does not have a future....I think he is in for a major deadly surprise in the coming years.

  • @its0Nah Revelopers! ROOOOFFELOVERS! revelopers!

  • The Symbian CEO is a total douche.

  • @its0Nah Balmer is awesome, get screwed

  • Well Android is all about "Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers"

  • He is a moron

  • For some reason I really do dislike this guy.

  • now wait sec !!

    why the fuck is he not saying, developers developers developers

  • Windows Mobile does have great openness, I can run 3rd party apps unlike on the iPhone where you can only run stuff you buy from the app store.

  • and Cydia :)

  • What's Cydia?

  • open platform for submiting 3rp party applications for the iphone & ipod touch

  • Do you have to jailbreak?

  • yes you need a jailbreak for that

  • Well with Windows Mobile and Andrios you don't have to. So out of the box they do stuff the iPhone can't

  • I had a Qtek with Windows Mobile, now I have a HTC with Android. The difference is gigantic, WM for me now is like stone age technology.

  • A lot of competition in the world.

    We are searching for a developer.

  • android = linux

    microsoft = microsoft

    Linux > microsoft

  • I use Linux on my computer, but I have HTC Touch Diamond with WM.

  • Windows Mobile was never really meant to be a "mobile OS for the masses" so to speak. It's almost always been for the power-user sector of the consumer electronics market.

    It's only really been pushed by Microsoft onto more mobile devices in recent years. It never meant to directly compete with iPhone because Windows CE has been around since '96. The platform had always been designed for much more than just phones and PPCs.

  • Windows Mobile is for Power Users? Makes sense since I am a Power User.

    FUCKING GODDAMN COMMENTING LIMT

  • Yup. In fact, did you know that Windows Mobile isn't just limited to PPCs and that Ford Sync system? It runs the price scanner I use at work and even some Garmin GPS devices!

  • what does he think now?

  • what does really impress steve ballmer?

  • oh my god it's not Ballmer it's an android !!!!

  • Wow, no leaping, furniture rearranging, death threats OR childish insults....ok....who is this guy, really, and what did you do with the real ballmer?

  • Hey Steve Ballmer, Microsoft doesn't make ANY cell phones. so actually make a cell phone and a GOOD MP3, THEN u can take on an actually ok smart phone!

  • Good points you made there, but that isn't exactly the Microsoft business model. They make the OS then license it to everyone (including God himself, it would seem). So, they don't really need to create the hardware to take on an OK / good smart phone. Again, good points you made. Just throwing a little extra commentary in there to consider. BTW, I use a Macbook and a Windows PC. I'm a 'fan' of neither. They both have their pros and cons.

  • i wouldn't count Microsoft's windows mobile platform out . Its not quite as "use able" as IPhones OS, but it generally has more features to it, and exposes the devices features in their entirety.

    I do wish Windows Mobile was a little more lightweight, but as device capacity goes up, this will be less of an issue i suppose.

    I chose an HTC diamond over a Iphone simply because the Iphone is far too locked down for my liking. And being a application developer, thats important.

  • Even if one likes the Windows development environment and platform, Windows Mobile doesn't solve the primary problem of many Windows Mobile users: they don't know how to install and run apps. They use the phone like a phone with some PIM features.

  • Thanks for your comment,

    I don't totally agree with everything you said, but ill agree it is easier to install/run applications on IPhone.

    I use a lot of features exposed on windows mobile devices, notably email, google maps, camera/video recording, youtube, as well as an array of custom web connected applications ive written myself.

    I would imagine that the majority of winmo users would be doing the same.

  • I'm like you - give me anything programmable, and I'll use it up. Most users, however, aren't like that. The people at my work seem to mostly use it as a phone, txt, play the included game, and surf the web a little. It's basically an MS Exchange terminal. It doesn't matter if it's WM, Blackberry, Palm, iPhone, Symbian, or Android. Well, the UI DOES matter, but they don't load up apps, probably because they don't know how, or where to find them.

  • Ballmer better pray Google and Apple don't become friends anytime soon...