Andre Yoskowitz
27 May 2010 22:21
Microsoft has set some pretty high ambitions for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system, saying they are aiming to sell 30 million devices with the OS installed by the end of 2011.
The software giant estimates that 40 percent of all mobile phones sold next year will be smartphones, and it seems they want a large piece of that pie.
Currently, only 15 percent of all phones sold are smartphones.
That number is even more over-the-top because Windows Mobile licenses sold have fallen each year, to just 18 million last year.
As a comparison, Apple has sold 51 million of the incredibly popular Phone, in its three iterations, since 2007.
Aiming to differentiate itself from the iPhone and Android phones, which use home screens of widgets and icons, Microsoft says it has tried to blend applications together for a more "integrated experience," allowing the OS and applications to "share information with the user in a natural and seamless fashion."
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