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Microsoft has made more from Android phone sales than on WP7

article published on 27 May, 2011

Horace Dediu of Asymco has posted some interesting figures today, noting that Microsoft has actually made a lot more money off Android phone sales than it does off of phones sold running Windows Phone 7, its own operating system. Citigroup analysts says that HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android device sold, which will add up to an expected $150 million in revenue this year. So far, ... [ read the full article ]

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biglo30
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28. May 2011 @ 09:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That just shows how bad it is for Microsoft the only way they can make a mobile phone profit is by piggy backing of android with silly patents. This patent thing is really getting out of hand, even open source products can't be truly open if so money hungry company goes snooping around for crap.


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30. May 2011 @ 11:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Huh, how ironic this is! It takes Google's products to get the mobile dept of Microsoft up? Pathetic if you ask me. They can't even get even profit for their own phones. If you ask me, Microsoft is doomed from the get-go for sure!!

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