Microsoft announced that phone manufacturers shipped over 1.5 million handsets running Windows Phone 7 in the first six weeks since the new OS launched on phones. Windows Phone 7 launched in Europe and the Asia Pacific region on 21 October and in the US and Canada on 8 November. Achiem Berg, Microsoft's corporate VP for mobile, said in an interview posted on the company's website that early customer feedback on the new OS has been "very positive and the willingness to recommend our phone is very high". The company's app marketplace has also reached 4,000 apps available. Berg said the company will begin releasing the first of several software updates in the next couple of months, and several more mobile operators around the world will introduce Windows Phone 7 on their network in 2011. Microsoft also will have a broader portfolio of devices from phone manufacturers at different price points, he said.
