Ballmer on Windows Phone: “We Haven’t Sold Quite as Many as I Would Have Liked”

Ina Fried

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday that although he is pleased with reaction from partners and developers to Windows Phone, the products have not been flying off store shelves as well as he hoped.

“We haven’t sold quite as many as I would have liked in the first year,” Ballmer said, speaking at the company’s financial analyst meeting.

However, he insisted the company is making progress and has more up its sleeves including improved browsing as well as bringing new features like DirectX graphics to the phone.

“I’m not saying I love where we are but I am very optimistic on where we can be,” Ballmer said. “We’ve just got to kick this thing to the next level.” READ THE FULL ARTICLE: AllThingsD