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07-18-2016, 10:06 PM
Microsoft won't have 1 billion ******* devices by 2018 after all
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At its Build conference back in 2015, Microsoft set for itself a particularly ambitious goal: Have 1 billion devices (http://mashable.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-is-aiming-to-have-1-billion-devices-running-*******-10/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) running ******* 10 by mid–2018.
But **w that we’re more than halfway through 2016, Microsoft has backed off of that figure, admitting that goal was just a little bit too big.*
SEE ALSO: HP's new ******* 10 phone arrives in August, won't play 'Pokémon Go' (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/hp-elite-x3-*******-10-mobile-release-date/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In a statement (http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-*******-10-wont-hit-1-billion-devices-by-mid-2018/) to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft said (emphasis ours):*
In other words, when ******* chief Terry Myerson made the claim that there would be 1 billion ******* 10 devices, that was back when the company still thought ******* on mobile devices had a chance. Even Microsoft has all but conceded (http://mashable.com/2016/05/25/microsoft-layoffs-surface-phone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that’s **t going to happen – niche handsets **twithstanding.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/*******-10-1-billon-miss/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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At its Build conference back in 2015, Microsoft set for itself a particularly ambitious goal: Have 1 billion devices (http://mashable.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-is-aiming-to-have-1-billion-devices-running-*******-10/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) running ******* 10 by mid–2018.
But **w that we’re more than halfway through 2016, Microsoft has backed off of that figure, admitting that goal was just a little bit too big.*
SEE ALSO: HP's new ******* 10 phone arrives in August, won't play 'Pokémon Go' (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/hp-elite-x3-*******-10-mobile-release-date/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In a statement (http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-*******-10-wont-hit-1-billion-devices-by-mid-2018/) to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft said (emphasis ours):*
In other words, when ******* chief Terry Myerson made the claim that there would be 1 billion ******* 10 devices, that was back when the company still thought ******* on mobile devices had a chance. Even Microsoft has all but conceded (http://mashable.com/2016/05/25/microsoft-layoffs-surface-phone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that’s **t going to happen – niche handsets **twithstanding.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/*******-10-1-billon-miss/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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