"Microsoft Corp may post big gains in profit and sales for its fiscal 2nd Q

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eliasg on 23 January 2010

so MS is far from being a "fallen giant" (as many people expect)

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thx1139 on 24 January 2010

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Windows Mobile is growing dude , and yes Zune is a Loss for them in terms of money but is better than iPod for me IMO :D

Hey I love my ZuneHD, but Windows Mobile is at best struggling.

"Microsoft’s share of the smartphone operating-system market shrank to 7.9 percent in the third quarter, compared with 11 percent in the year-earlier period, according to Gartner."

From http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ae2ZHx4IVQzY

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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TheTruthHurts! on 24 January 2010

Looking good for MS. I will probably be picking up an ZuneHD before I deploy later this year. I am interested to see how things turn out for them.

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Kenoid on 24 January 2010

Its great to know that Microsoft has made a profit, now I wonder how Natal is going to come about.

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I just wish they would lift the veil on this shrouded mess and actually tell us how much the Xbox is making/losing.

Microsoft does not want you to know: How much Windows Mobile is losing them, how small Zune revenue is vs the IPod, and how many hundreds of millions they are making selling Office software for the Mac. There lots of other money losing projects in the division that they do not want to report on. (Windows Surface, Windows Embedded, etc) That is why they will not break numbers down for the EDD Division.