1.5 million Windows 7 phones sold in six weeks.12/22/2010 Microsoft released its first sales figures on Tuesday for new Windows Phone 7 smart phones, saying more than 1.5 million of the handsets were sold by manufacturers in the first six weeks.
Microsoft are pleased that phone manufacturers sold over 1.5 million phones in the first six weeks, which helps build customer momentum and retail presence.
Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its mobile phone operating system in October as it seeks to claw back lost market share from Apple's iPhone, the Blackberry and devices powered by Google's Android software.South Korea's Samsung and LG Electronics, Taiwan's HTC and US computer giant Dell are among the companies manufacturing Windows Phone 7 handsets.The new device launched in Europe and the Asia Pacific region on October 21 and in the United States and Canada on November 8.Several more mobile operators around the world will introduce Windows Phone 7 on their network in 2011 and we will have a broader portfolio of devices from phone manufacturers at different price points.
more than 18,000 software Technology developers were making applications for Windows Phone 7 handsets and 4,000 applications were currently available.Microsoft's share of the global mobile operating system market will fall to 4.7 percent this year from 8.7 percent last year, according to a technology research firm.
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