What could also potentially be a bad omen: In Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, which includes Windows Phone 8, Surface, Skype and Xbox, revenue dropped by 11 percent compared to a year ago. Microsoft did not chose to disclose how many Surface tablets it has sold. For phones that run on Windows software, manufacturers are selling four-times more devices than a year ago, Microsoft said, but again, without knowing the baseline numbers, that could really mean anything. Executives empasized these products are still in their early days.
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