If there is any validity to a new report from technology research firm Strategy Analytics it would seem that 2012 promises to be a good year for Windows Phone, in Europe at least. The report suggests that due to its partnership with handset makers Samsung, HTC, and of course Nokia the Windows Phone platform could see 12.3% market share in Western Europe. The reports forecasts some 117 million smartphones will be sold…

Although it was panned, and in some cases outright ridiculed, when it first came to market, the Xbox 360 has proven to be a big time winner for Microsoft. Even as reports are surfacing that Microsoft is working hard on the next generation of the Xbox the ten-year-old console it still is racking up the sales. Michael Pachter, analyst with Wedbush, is reporting that again this month the Xbox 360…

When it comes to the sales of Windows Phone the common reaction to its slow growth is to blame Microsoft, after all it makes for good post fodder. However, can the blame for the slow adoption of Windows Phone be placed totally on Microsoft’s shoulders? I don’t think so, and while I am not giving the company a pass of its marketing efforts around the Windows Phone, I think it…

This whole thing about only 674,000 Windows Phone 7′s being sold and everyone jumping on the #FAIL bandwagon is really beginning to grate on my nerves. As much as I feel inclined to have my say on the matter I think Alex Wilhelm at The Next Web has written up a great post that tries to bring some sanity to this nonsense so I strongly suggest you give it a…

The Microsoft Kinect has been explosively popular, certainly to the tune of 2.5 million sold outright in the first month of its debut, and that was before the shopping holidays rolled around. I am emphasizing the word “sold” for a reason here, and that’s because last night Ballmer provided some figures on Kinect sales that made a twist on the concept of what makes a sale—he used a figure for sales which…

One of the subjects that Paul and I were talking about in today’s Daily Brief; before Skype went totally tits-up (and still is), was the fuss being raised around the released numbers for Windows Phone 7 Sales. At this point the number being floated around is 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 handsets being sold, which of course has brought out all the naysayers and otherwise stupid posts (yes Scoble I…