Mixed messages in early sales figures for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft's reboot of its smartphone division seems to have suffered a major setback in its first real test, apparently selling only 40,000 Windows Phone 7 devices on the day of its release in the US - despite an estimated $100 million marketing budget.
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Early reports hint that Windows Phone 7 has been selling strongly in international markets, with DigiTimes reporting in a Nov. 3 article that sales of
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EWeek is reporting that reports of first-day Windows Phone 7 sales have run the gamut of lackluster to impressive, depending on whom you ask.
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However, Microsoft and its operating system, the Windows seem secure with them not going anywhere far from the desktop and the laptop computers. Windows 7 |
The figures given do not take into account the first devices using the new Microsoft operating system, Windows 7 Phone which was released in October in
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Gartner's latest figures came out too soon to measure what effect, if any, Microsoft's launch of Windows Phone 7 will have on manufacturers' sales figures.
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