The Good, The Bad: Windows Phone 7 Moved 2 Million Units in Q4 2010

From DailyTech: There are now over 2 million Windows Phone 7 handsets in the wild, but what does that mean for Microsoft and the future of this platform?

During Android's first few months on the market it had only a few percent market share, versus Apple and Research in Motion's dominant positions in the U.S. Now it owns half the market.

Microsoft is clearly hoping for a bit of the same magic. The company arguably has the most innovative interface on any smartphone on the market today. While RIM, Apple, and Google all rely on chiclet-style app grids at the heart their GUI (Google, at least, adds animated widgets to the homescreen), Windows Phone 7 offers a striking visual spectacle of animated menus, most of which are timesaving and intuitive.

Microsoft announced this week that Windows Phone 7 moved 2 million units in Q4 2010. That's largely in line with what one might expect, as it indicates that Microsoft sustained the sales pace indicated by previously released figures. The platform launched on November 8, 2010 and within six weeks (on December 20) had sold 1.5 million units.

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