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Microsoft misses Windows Mobile target

Less units shipped than planned

Tags: windows, mobile, microsoft

By Ina Fried

Published: 31 July 2008 08:55 GMT

Microsoft said Wednesday it missed its targets for Windows Mobile, shipping 18 million copies of the mobile phone operating system in its just-ended fiscal year.

For some time, executives had been saying the company would ship more than 20 million copies in the 12 months ended 30 June.

Andy Lees, who recently took over the mobile unit from Pieter Knook, told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that some phone makers shipped devices later than Microsoft had expected. Lees declined to name the manufacturers in question.

Original article: Microsoft misses Windows Mobile goal from CNET News.com

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