Ryan Kim writes: "The latest smartphone figures from Gartner are in and they highlight just how much Microsoft and Nokia are in desperate need for each other. But with the way both are giving up large amounts of market share, it shows that the new partnership might not be enough for either.
While Android continues to run away with the smartphone market, Windows Phone 7 mustered just 1.6 million in estimated sales to end users in the first quarter, according to research firm Gartner. Microsoft overall sold 3.6 million smartphones in the first quarter, with 2 million of them being older Windows Mobile devices...
Android is seeing 400,000 device activations daily compared to about 17,800 WP7 units sold each day."
