• TheStreet.com, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:54 PM

Despite positive reviews and serious marketing muscle, Microsoft sold just 40,000 Windows 7 phones on Monday, reports TheStreet.com, citing an unnamed "market research source." By contrast, Google said last month that it was selling 200,000 Android phones a day, while Apple has said that its iPhone sales rate was 270,000 a day. One explanation for Windows Phone 7's inauspicious launch? "Mondays aren't great launch days," industry strategist Michael Cote tells The Street.

Also, Cote suggested that Microsoft may have confused consumers with too many models -- nine to be exact. "In the phone world, our surveys show that there should be a choice between A or B," said Cote. Oh, and where the heck was 7's cut and paste feature?! Yet, Nielsen analyst Roger Entner tells The Street to hold off on 7's obit. "It's early in the game," he said. "Not every product surges right out of the starting blocks." The real test, he added, will come during the holidays.

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