Sales of Windows Phone 7 slow at just 40000 on first day « Specs ...

With lousy sales on its first day, I think this is the end of Windows Phone 7.

First day sales are always more than on following sales. The result was bad on the first day, but will just get worse on following days.

@george: The Street used a confidential source to obtain the sales data that Microsoft refuses to give. The Street knows who its source is, but can't publish it. However, The Street is very highly regarded for stock market and company information, so it is a good source for this type of data. It has been backed up by evidence of low sales from other publications.

Microsoft has made many critical mistakes with Windows Phone 7, from bad marketing to missing features. It is not surprising that Windows Phone 7 is now a flop.

Several issues regarding the "respect" of the TheStreet.com

First, theStreet probably uses firms like Gartner and IDC as sources of information for mobile phone sales information. However, their estimates for 3rd quarter sales differ by 77 million units. Gartner puts them all with Android, giving Android a huge percentage increase.

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