Motorola’s Milestone (The U.K.‘s Droid) Flies Off The Virtual Shelves
By Tameka Kee on Dec 13, 2009 with Comments 1
Some very positive news for Motorola (NYSE: MOT) as we head into the weekend … Online retailer eXpansys says that the Milestone—the U.K.-version of the Droid—sold out in just three hours. eXpansys is the exclusive seller of the handset; the company said it had received well over 1,000 pre-orders for the Milestone a week before it went on sale. eXpansis expects a second shipment of Milestones to arrive in time for holiday orders.
No hard numbers, but CEO Roger Butterworth told Pocket-lint it “was the fastest selling gadget in the website’s 11-year history, even more successful than the iPhone.” For context, analysts estimated that Motorola sold around 100,000 of its … to read the full story go to paidcontent.co.uk.
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