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Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by azharcs »

wallflower wrote: post #9
sadiq wrote: post #2

It seems that this is licenses sold rather than activations. I'd be interested in knowing their total activations for the quarter though it's certainly lower. Doesn't compare well with the 300,000 activations/day Google claim to be doing.

The number of active Facebook native app users for Windows Phone 7 is probably a pretty reliable metric for active usage. Windows Phone 7 / 366K http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7933375107&#... Blackberry http://statistics.allfacebook.com/applications/single/facebo...

Facebook for Android has close to 1 Million users, does that mean Android has sold 1 Million handsets (It has 300,000 activations everyday). I think assuming that everyone in this world is on Facebook is a wrong assumption.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by mda »

cryptoz wrote: post #3
sadiq wrote: post #2

It seems that this is licenses sold rather than activations. I'd be interested in knowing their total activations for the quarter though it's certainly lower. Doesn't compare well with the 300,000 activations/day Google claim to be doing.

Yeah, 2 million shipments over 3 months is around 33,000 a day, which is only 10% (or less, given Android's accelerating growth) of the activations that Google sees. And of course, not all those shipments are activations. I wonder if they're not telling us about the activation numbers out because they're too low? Why else hide that information that every other company is bragging about? Not a quarter goes by where Ap…

2 million shipments over 3 months is around 22,000 a day, not 33,000.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by Splines »

larsberg wrote: post #4

I moved from my iPhone (which finally bit the dust) to the LG Quantum. The nice things: - Zune Pass. It's like Netflix for music, but you can carry your queue around with you even if you're off-signal. - I stayed with AT&T, and have significantly fewer dropped calls and better signal quality than on my last phone. - A single start screen with all the apps, auto-updating so you can see weather and other info without h…

On Android the back button also has problems. It's definitely noticeable when the developer hasn't gotten it right. I recently tried out K9 (an alternative mail client), and you can end up navigating in circles (which causes application state confusion - is the state of the program global, so if I press back enough times to end up on the same menu, it's updated, or did I just travel back in time?).

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by seshagiric »

My own like/ dislike list:

Likes: 1. Games - need for speed and others are very cool. 2. facebook integration just works. When reading an email it is nice to see the sender's photo (pulled from FB if he is in FB friend's list). 3. Amazon Kindle reader - the list of free books helps. 4. Voice search in Bing (needs no training) 5. Tiles for different apps looks cool and easy to use. 6. Boots up in less than 30 seconds. 7. Zune manages podcasts quite good - this is a good way to use the office transit time 8. Market place is actually decent.

Dislike: 1. No serious API yet, for example no access to camera or compass. 2. battery life on HTC Mozart is 1 day after fairly good amount of talk time + wifi + GPS + gaming. This is actually not a problem because it runs for atleast one day - but it could have been better.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by cryptoz »

mda wrote: post #13
cryptoz wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, 2 million shipments over 3 months is around 33,000 a day, which is only 10% (or less, given Android's accelerating growth) of the activations that Google sees. And of course, not all those shipments are activations. I wonder if they're not telling us about the activation numbers out because they're too low? Why else hide that information that every other company is bragging about? Not a quarter goes by where Ap…

2 million shipments over 3 months is around 22,000 a day, not 33,000.

Oops! You're right. Thanks.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by nickbarnwell »

cdr wrote: post #10

I wonder if that number includes giveaways? I recall they gave away approx 100K phones to Microsoft employees alone.

IIRC, it was actually an option to purchase a WP7 phone and get a full refund from the company. Essentially the same thing, but there are plenty of people who haven't exercised the option and are sticking with WM6.x or other devices for the time being.

Edit: The giveaway was also different between each branch of MS, EU was handled differently than the US.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by oiuytghyujki »

cryptoz wrote: post #3
sadiq wrote: post #2

It seems that this is licenses sold rather than activations. I'd be interested in knowing their total activations for the quarter though it's certainly lower. Doesn't compare well with the 300,000 activations/day Google claim to be doing.

Yeah, 2 million shipments over 3 months is around 33,000 a day, which is only 10% (or less, given Android's accelerating growth) of the activations that Google sees. And of course, not all those shipments are activations. I wonder if they're not telling us about the activation numbers out because they're too low? Why else hide that information that every other company is bragging about? Not a quarter goes by where Ap…

Because most of these are bundle deals to HW makers.

Samsung buys 10M OEM licenses for Windows7 for netbooks and MS throws in 1M Win7 phone licenses for free to make it's numbers look good.

It's like newspapers handing out free copies to hotels to boost their circulation figures.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by contextfree »

wallflower wrote: post #9
sadiq wrote: post #2

It seems that this is licenses sold rather than activations. I'd be interested in knowing their total activations for the quarter though it's certainly lower. Doesn't compare well with the 300,000 activations/day Google claim to be doing.

The number of active Facebook native app users for Windows Phone 7 is probably a pretty reliable metric for active usage. Windows Phone 7 / 366K http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7933375107&#... Blackberry http://statistics.allfacebook.com/applications/single/facebo...

Are the users just using Facebook through the People hub counted here? I suspect many or most don't bother installing the dedicated app.

Re: Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

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Post by namityadav »

azharcs wrote: post #11
wallflower wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The number of active Facebook native app users for Windows Phone 7 is probably a pretty reliable metric for active usage. Windows Phone 7 / 366K http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7933375107&#... Blackberry http://statistics.allfacebook.com/applications/single/facebo...

Facebook for Android has close to 1 Million users, does that mean Android has sold 1 Million handsets (It has 300,000 activations everyday). I think assuming that everyone in this world is on Facebook is a wrong assumption.

No, the numbers dont mean anything in an absolute sense, but I can see the validity of an apples to apples comparison of the Windows 7 FB numbers to Android FB numbers. Although windows must have a greater % of users using FB
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