Windows Phone Sales Are "Catastrophic" (MSFT)

Release Date 4 May, 2011 in San Francisco Chronicle

 
   

Analyst Says Real Microsoft WP7 Sales Are 'Catastrophic'

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - 4 May, 2011
Russian tech blogger and analyst Eldar Murtazin, the man credited for predicting the Nokia-Microsoft tie-up way back in December, has published a damning report that claims Microsoft sold only 674000 Windows Phone 7 devices in its first six ...

Microsoft begins pushing out Windows Phone 7 security update

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 4 May, 2011
Microsoft has begun notifying some Windows Phone 7 users that a new security-focused update for Windows Phone 7 is ready for download. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 25 years for a variety of ...

Windows Phone Sales Are "Catastrophic" (MSFT)

San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 4 May, 2011
In January, Microsoft boasted of shipping 1.5 million Windows Phones to carriers. But according to estimates by a Russian analyst, only 674000 of those phones were actually bought by end-users. Eldar Murtazin, the editor of Russian tech site Mobile ...

Microsoft Releases Tool To Migrate iOS Apps to WP7

Techtree.com - Jayesh Limaye - 4 May, 2011
Microsoft has been a late entrant to the mobile apps scene and its Windows Marketplace catering to Windows Phone 7 devices has therefore unsurprisingly got just over 10000 apps as of now. This is nowhere near what application stores of Apple or Google ...

Microsoft Aids Porting iOS Apps To Windows Phone

InformationWeek (blog) - Ed Hansberry - ‎May 2, 2011‎
Developers have a lot of APIs to keep track of when creating apps for multiple platforms. Microsoft is trying to make it easier for iOS developers to build Windows Phone apps by providing a cross-reference API database. By Ed Hansberry InformationWeek ...

Microsoft maps WinPhone 7 path for iPhone coders

Register - ‎May 2, 2011‎
Microsoft is again reaching out to iPhone application developers, this time trying to siphon off some of the Jobisian magic juice for Windows Phone 7. The company has released an API mapping tool that it has promised will help developers to code their ...

Microsoft making it easier to port iPhone apps to Windows Phone

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎May 2, 2011‎
One of Microsoft's problems in attracting people to write Windows Phone 7 applications is that the user base is much smaller than those of the iPhone or Android, so app developers tend to focus on those platforms. Now, Microsoft is trying to make it ...

C-suite: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop on leadership and change

National Post (registration) - ‎May 2, 2011‎
Stephen Elop warmed up immediately to Finland's saunas; it was the fish sauce on spaghetti that took some getting used to. Cultural quirks aside, it's been a busy six months for the Canadian-born Mr. Elop since he arrived in Espoo, Finland, ...

Windows 8 leaks reveal alleged app-store details

CNET - Lance Whitney - ‎May 2, 2011‎
They include a different name than previously rumored, a logo, and the ability to deliver software directly to a person's desktop, according to Windows enthusiast site WinRumors and other sources. WinRumors reports that the new shop is ...

Growing Pains of the Mobile Phone Platform

PC Magazine - John C. Dvorak - ‎May 2, 2011‎
There's only one way a platform other than iPhone or Android can become dominant: if it develops a killer app everyone must have. By John C. Dvorak The mobile phone computing platformâ€"and make no mistake, that is exactly what this is, presents a number ...

Apple mobile share grew 115%

Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - ‎Apr 30, 2011‎
Apple's biggest rivals -- Nokia (NOK), Samsung and LG -- all lost market share over the past year. Below: IDC's spreadsheet and a bar chart showing the five largest manufacturers' respective growth rates. NOTE: An earlier version of this story confused ...

Remains of the Day: Leaky Wheels Get the Grease

PCWorld - Dan Moren - ‎Apr 29, 2011‎
Was the iPad 2 design leaked? Seems like there's some good evidence to that fact. Elsewhere, Microsoft wants to capitalize on the success of iOS and Verizon takes its first step in admitting smartphones have a problem. ...

Windows Phone 7 security update releasedâ€"for most

Ars Technica - Peter Bright - 4 May, 2011
By Peter Bright | Last updated: May 3, 2011 9:05 PM Even as the Windows Phone 7 copy-and-paste update codenamed "NoDo" is being rolled out, Microsoft has started shipping a security update for its smartphone operating system. ...

Microsoft Launches iOS To WP7 API Mapping Tool, Guide For iPhone Developers & More

everythingWM - Alejandro Parjus - 4 May, 2011
If you are an iPhone developer with an interest in WP7 development, you've probably noticed how different it is to write code compared to iPhone. Microsoft says not to worry, they have your back. ...

Microsoft pushes out Windows Phone 7 security update

Ubergizmo (blog) - George Wong - 4 May, 2011
Some of you might have noticed that Microsoft has sent out notifications about a security-focused update for Windows Phone 7. It looks like Microsoft is soldiering on with new updates for Windows Phone 7, ...

674K Windows Phone 7 sales in Q4 2010? Possible.

WMPoweruser.com - 4 May, 2011
Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has posted on his analysis of carrier chatter on Windows Phone 7 sales, and came to the conclusion that 674 000 Windows Phone 7 handsets ended up in the hands of consumers by the end of last year. ...

Windows Phone security update rolls out (on time!)

LiveSide - Kip Kniskern - 4 May, 2011
As promised, Microsoft is rolling out a security update to Windows Phones today, to update security certificates after Comodo inadvertently signed 9 certificates without properly validating the 3rd party's ...

Microsoft releases its first Windows Phone 7 Security Update

the unwired - 4 May, 2011
As our sources confirmed back in April, Microsoft has indeed started today rolling-out its security update for Windows Phone 7. The firmware update 7.0.7392.0 is the expected fix for fraudulent third-party digital certificates. ...

"Catastrophic" used to describe Windows Phone 7 sales numbers

Afterdawn.com - Andre Yoskowitz - 4 May, 2011
Eldar Murtazin, the well-connected Russian analyst and tech writer has said today that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 sales are "catastrophic." Earlier this year, the software company reported it had shipped 1.5 million phones, well above estimates. ...

Windows Phone 7 sales estimated at 674000 units

Ubergizmo - Edwin Kee - 4 May, 2011
We do know that Android and iOS are slugging it out at the top at the moment where smartphone operating systems are concerned, with Nokia and RIM languishing below the weight class while Windows Phone 7 intends to be ...

Microsoft's Only Sold 674000 Windows Phone 7 Devices?

Gadgetsteria - 4 May, 2011
Infamous cellphone guru and leaker, Eldar Murtazin, claims Windows Phone 7 isn't doing as well as Microsoft would lead us to believe. Despite previous claims by Microsoft of shipping over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices, Eldar estimates (based on ...

Windows Phone 7: Only 674000 sold?

Pocket-lint.com - Paul Lamkin - 4 May, 2011
But probably not as loud as the bells over in Redmond are. The alarm bells that is. And that's because Murtazin has used his inside info to estimate that only 674000 Windows Phone 7 devices have been sold. The figure, believed to be for 2010, ...

Apple second largest buyer in world for some sensors, iPooey app, white iPhone ...

iPhone Buzz - Shane McGlaun - 4 May, 2011
Apple has now become the world's second largest buyer of MEMS sensors that include accelerometers, gyroscopes, and microphones. You know that the devices are going into the iPhone and the iPad among other items and I would expect that to continue to ...

Russian tech blogger Murtazin pegs Windows Phone 7 sales at 674000 in 2010

Pocket Gamer.Biz - Keith Andrew - 4 May, 2011
While the strong performance of both Xbox 360 and Kinect dominated press attention when Microsoft announced its financial results for Q1 2011, the lack of any Windows Phone 7 sales figures raised eyebrows. However, according to Russian ...

The patent war continues; Microsoft attacking Android device's with lewd ...

Shanzai.com - 4 May, 2011
Microsoft has filed an intellectual-property lawsuit attacking one of the latest branded Google Android devices. The legal fight is against Barnes & Noble's new Android eReader called the Nook, with allegations that the device violates six of ...

Windows Phone 7 Stencil Kit

Geeky gadgets - Roland Hutchinson - 4 May, 2011
We have already seem some stencil kits for the iPhone and iPad, that are designed to help app developers design their applications, and now there is one for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. The Windows Phone 7 Stencil Kit, is designed to help you easily ...

Apple surpassed Microsoft's profit first time in 20 years

Siliconindia.com - 4 May, 2011
By SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 03 May 2011, 02:56 Hrs Bangalore: Apple and Microsoft have announced their financial results and the results prove that Apple earns more than Microsoft. There are also reports that Apple has surpassed Microsoft's profits for ...

Microsoft targets iPhone developers for WP7

Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 4 May, 2011
Microsoft pledged a major developer push for WP7 as its profits were beaten by Apple's for the first time since 1991. The Windows giant indicated it would plow considerable developer resource into two areas that it hopes will ...

Eldar Murtazin: Windows Phone 7 Sales Disappointing at 674000

pocketnow.com - Anton D. Nagy - 4 May, 2011
According to Eldar Murtazin, Windows Phone 7 sales numbers are disappointing at his estimate of 674000 units sold. Windows Phone 7 was launched on October 21 for Europe, Asia and Pacific, with a little bit of delay, until November 8 for the United ...

Skype, Spotify, Kik, Angry Birds and Layar for Windows Phone 7

High Tech Lounge - ‎May 2, 2011‎
During the MIX11 event organized by Microsoft, the company showed it had caught up in application development in a spectacular manner with a series of important Windows Phone 7 applications that are to be taken advantage of with the occasion of Mango, ...

 

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