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The Amazon Surprise: Nokia Windows Phone Leads Top Sellers (AMZN, NOK, MSFT, T, VZ, RIMM, GOOG, AAPL)

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Lists of top-sellers at single destinations do not always equate to broad-reaching trends around the entire nation nor around the entire globe.  Still, when you see a surprise like this it tends to stand out a bit more than a sore thumb.  The Nokia Lumia 900 4G Windows Phone is the top spot on the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Best Sellers list today when it comes to cell phones with service plans.  This particular model is the black phone via AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) and it has to be making both Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) happy.

The ‘cyan’ colored version is listed as the #3 top-seller behind the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 4G Android Phone (Black 32GB model) sold for Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VZ). For all practical purposes, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not in the top 20 due to direct selling at the carrier stores today.  It is also worth noting that Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) only holds one spot in the top-20 and that is the ironic #13 position.

Nokia stock is down with the broader markets today but only by 0.6% at $5.08, while Microsoft shares are down 1.1% at $31.17.  Microsoft has to be happy to be topping any list for its Windows phone after sales channel after sales channel are so dominated by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) via Android and the iPhone from Apple.

Maybe there is room for the Windows mobile platform after all.  Maybe.

JON C. OGG

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About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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