Every December I look forward to compiling a list of predictions for the coming calendar year. I have been doing this for almost 20 years now, and thanks to a combination of heavy research and a little bit of luck, I’ve had a pretty high accuracy rate. Sure, there have been some misses in the past, but the majority have been on the money. Don’t believe me? Check out last year’s list.
Admittedly, my eighth prediction was off by a mile, but in my defense, I said it was an outrageous prediction, right off the bat. I predicted that Microsoft might get desperate and buy Research in Motion to shore up its smartphone business. That didn’t happen, of course. It’s still a tantalizing thought, though. Windows Mobile continued to lose major marketshare to RIM and Apple, and Microsoft is going to have to do something huge in the mobile space, if it’s going to catch up. Windows Mobile 7.0 is supposed to be a major improvement when it comes out in 2010, but there’s no sure bet that the company will be able to regain marketshare from Apple, RIM, and Google’s Android.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=47205
But that’s enough about 2009. Let’s get onto my predictions for next year.
Every December I look forward to compiling a list of predictions for the coming calendar year. I have been doing this for almost 20 years now, and thanks to a combination of heavy research and a little bit of luck, I’ve had a pretty high accuracy rate. Sure, there have been some misses in the past, but the majority have been on the money. Don’t believe me? Check out last year’s list.
Admittedly, my eighth prediction was off by a mile, but in my defense, I said it was an outrageous prediction, right off the bat. I predicted that Microsoft might get desperate and buy Research in Motion to shore up its smartphone business. That didn’t happen, of course. It’s still a tantalizing thought, though. Windows Mobile continued to lose major marketshare to RIM and Apple, and Microsoft is going to have to do something huge in the mobile space, if it’s going to catch up. Windows Mobile 7.0 is supposed to be a major improvement when it comes out in 2010, but there’s no sure bet that the company will be able to regain marketshare from Apple, RIM, and Google’s Android.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=47205
But that’s enough about 2009. Let’s get onto my predictions for next year.
