Kris Kumar
01-29-2006, 01:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,45974' target='_blank'>http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,45974</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Microsoft just reported revenue and profit by segment for the quarter ended December 31, 2005, their second quarter. Microsoft's fiscal year runs from July to June. For the first time in the history of the mobile and embedded division, they have made a profit. On sales of $101 million, they earned $20 million in earnings. It has been a long time coming for a team that released their first major product in 1996 when Windows CE 1.0 when gold in November. Who'd have thought it would take nearly a decade to turn a profit? Any bets as to where the mobile device market and Microsoft's share of it will be in another 10 years?"</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-Jan06-MSFTEarnings.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Ed Hansberry, over at our sister site Pocket PC Thoughts, has written a nice little <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,45974">commentary</a> on the latest earnings report from Microsoft. Like Ed, I would also like to know as to where the mobile device market and Microsoft's share of it is headed. Palm is now making a Windows Mobile device; in the future, the MSFP based devices (and Moto Q) will hopefully cause a big dent in RIM's market share. There are many other positive developments; we would like to hear your thoughts and comments on how it will help shape the future. The complete Microsoft earnings report and the PowerPoint presentation can be accessed over <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY06/earn_rel_q2_06.mspx">here.</a>