Microsoft boasts 20 million WM smartphones in 2008, announces 5,000 job cuts

Today Microsoft released performance figures for its Q2 2009, which ended on December 31, 2008. The company posted US$16.63 billion in revenue for the quarter, which is a 2% increase from the same quarter in the prior year, but it's net income fell 11 percent from the prior year to settle at $4.17 billion.

As a result, the company announced a plan for eliminating 5,000 jobs across R&D, marketing, sales, finance, legal, HR, and IT over the next year and a half. 1,400 of those job cuts are taking effect today.

In its earnings call, Microsoft mentioned that its Windows Mobile smartphone platform powered 11 phones that have sold more than 1 million units each. The company claims over 20 million in total windows mobile smartphone sales for 2008.