wraggster
September 15th, 2011, 23:32
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer was his usual frank self when he met financial analysts yesterday, admitting that the world isn't yet as keen on Windows Phone (http://www.engadget.com/tag/windowsphone) as he'd hoped. To be precise, AllThingsD reported him as saying: "We haven't sold quite as many as I would have liked in the first year." His cunning plan? Well, that's easy: make it all Nokia's problem. Or, as he put it: "With Nokia we have a dedicated hardware partner that is all-in on Windows Phones." Indeed, the Finnish manufacturer has now staked (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/09/nokia-to-retire-symbian-in-north-america-going-all-in-on-window/) far more than Microsoft on the success of this "third ecosystem" and, if its imminent Mango handsets (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/23/nokias-first-windows-phone-images-and-video/) fail to turn things around, we may eventually see Stephen Elop standing behind that silent cash register.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/15/ballmer-windows-phones-arent-selling-very-well-but-were-not/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/15/ballmer-windows-phones-arent-selling-very-well-but-were-not/