Microsoft: over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold to carriers and retailers
Microsoft has decided to finally dish out some sales figures for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, but alas, these are not the sales figures we are looking for. Instead of giving us the juicy number of actual devices sold to end users, the Redmond crew has given us a neatly rounded 1.5 million figure of sales to mobile operators and retailers. That tells us that the mobile industry is buying into Microsoft's new OS, and it'd be foolish not to, but it doesn't really educate us much on the relative success of the platform's launch.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: achim, achim berg, breaking-news, breakingnews, entry, microsoft, mobile-industry, relative, sales, windows-phone, windowsphone, windowsphone7
Best Buy sees big drop in TV sales, eases pain with beefy mobile revenue
Best Buy's stock took a 14.8 percent beating today on news that it earned $217 million in the third quarter -- a 4.4 percent decline year over year -- and felt compelled to revise its fourth quarter forecast downwards. The reason? Seems folks are holding off on buying televisions in a big way: the company suffered a "low-double digit' decline in boob tube sales, even worse than an industry average in the single digits, which would suggest that 2010's 3D revolution hasn't attracted the kind of consumer attention manufacturers (and content providers) would've liked
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: beating-today, bestbuy, consumer, devices, digit-increases, entry, financial, fourth, mobile-revenue, result, revolution-hasn, sales, stock
Motorola Droid Pro official on Verizon: $179.99 after rebate, pre-sales begin November 9th
Exactly as suspected , the Droid Pro will start its Verizon retail adventure tomorrow, with pre-sales at selected VZW stores and the carrier's online outlet, to be followed by its proper shelf debut on November 18th. Price is set at $179.99 on a two-year contract, provided you're happy to take care of a $100 mail-in rebate. Moto will be hoping business types lap this offer up, as it has equipped the Droid Pro with an unusual (outside of RIM's realm) portrait QWERTY keyboard as well as a dual-mode CDMA/GSM wireless chip.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: breakingnews, Chip, debut, droid, droidpro, hoping-business, moto, motorola-droid, online-outlet, power, pre-sale, sales, Sheet, verizon, wireless
AT&T clarifies Windows Phone 7 launch parameters: no pre-orders, online sales are a go
November 8th is creeping ever closer, and aside from it marking the beginning of yet another long, drawn-out week in the working world, it's also the first day you can get your paws around a Windows Phone 7 device from AT&T. Much in the same way that it did before subsequent iPhone launches , the carrier has come forward with a few vital pieces of information to chew on before making any incorrect assumptions. Company representative Warner May confirmed to Phone Scoop that online sales for Windows Phone 7 devices (the Samsung Focus and HTC Surround ) would indeed go live on launch day, debunking rumors that the phones would only be available for the grabbing in retail locations
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: chew-on-before, from-it-marking, online, phone, preorder, presale, sales, windowsphone7
Clearwire reports Q4 earnings: staff, marketing, stores, and handset plans all scaled back
Though it reported record growth in both revenue and subscriber count, Clearwire's bad news outweighed the good as it announced its fourth quarter earnings today. Here's the meat of it: "The Company is actively pursuing a number of options to resolve its need for additional capital. The Company is in discussions with a number of its major shareholders and other third parties about a number of options, including potential strategic transactions, additional debt or equity financings and/or asset sales.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: clear, clearwire, conservation, marketing, measures, partnership, Reduction, result, sales, substantial
Motorola Droid Pro tipped for November 9 pre-sales through Verizon, November 18 launch
What would we ever do without informative tipsters, eh? Android Central has received an internal Verizon document identifying Motorola's Droid Pro as an iconic device and setting out details for its upcoming launch.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: availability, commencement, droidpro, engadget, launchdate, motorola droid pro, rumor, sales, tipsters, verizon
Carphone Warehouse getting Nexus Two in time for holidays?
This is kinda out of the blue, but British publication City A.M. is claiming that Google has inked a deal with wireless retail giant Carphone Warehouse to exclusively sell a Nexus Two -- the mythical successor to the Nexus One -- in time for Christmas this year. Little else is offered, though the story claims that it'll run Gingerbread and probably won't be manufactured by Samsung.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: alex, blue, carphone, christmas, engadget-mobile, entry, influence, mobile, nexustwo, sales
Google’s Andy Rubin on Windows Phone 7: ‘the world doesn’t need another platform’
Shootin' straight, are we Andy?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, fodder-at-least, fragmentation, googleandroid, mainstream, mobile, sales, sales-numbers, starters, windows, windows-phone, world
Samsung Galaxy S sales surpass five million, world domination plans still on track
Believe it or not, Samsung is only now getting around to introducing its Galaxy S handset to the fine isle of Japan.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 5 million, five-million, galaxy, galaxy s family, galaxy tab, gps, handsets, korea, rest, result, sales, samsung
HTC Desire HD detailed in appropriately HD video
Feeling like you're insufficiently saturated with Desire HD info?
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