Windows Phone 7 is still struggling to catch on. According to a recent report from Chitika, based on numbers coming through sites in its advertising network, is that the platform is currently outnumbered by the obsolete Windows 98. In fact, visits from users running Windows 98 outnumber visits from Windows Phone 7 users by nearly 2 to 1.
It's not all bad news. And in fact, perhaps a better take on the story is that Windows Phone 7 is already halfway to the browser share of all other Microsoft mobile OSes combined. After all, the headline is more attention grabbing, in the negative, than in the positive.
WP7 is showing growth. In fact, in December, Chitika saw WP7 sending about 0.4 percent as much traffic as iPhone and Android (combined). It its latest numbers, that number has rose to 0.44 percent, which is a 10 percent rise, though still tiny.
We're surprised at the Windows 98 numbers, ourselves. Admittedly, not everyone in emerging nations can upgrade their hardware to handle Windows Vista or 7, but XP ran just fine on our Windows 98 box, and was a lot more stable. As much as Microsoft might not want to admit it, there are also plenty of pirated copies of Windows XP around, too.
