A Windows Phone 7 For Every Microsoftie

theodp writes "So, how can Microsoft guarantee its Windows Phone 7 devices will enjoy broader adoption than the ill-fated Kin? By giving every Microsoft employee a free one, that's how. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed the move, explaining that the idea is to thank employees for all their work, and make sure that they have experience with Windows Phone 7 devices. Microsoft has nearly 90,000 employees worldwide."

Comments

Zune integration isn't a bad thing.

[LWATCDR]

Frankly Microsoft's Zune Pass is really cool. The Zune HD is also a really nice device.
With the Zune Pass for $15 a month you get all the music you want.
You can then download $10 DRM free songs each month.
Not a bad deal at all. If I just wanted a music player I would really be tempted to get a Zune.
I wish that they offered it for my Android phone.

Yes I do not have a lot of hope for WinMo7 or WinPho7 or what ever they are calling it but in a way that is really too bad.
They have some good ideas and can produce good stuff.

wtf slashdot

[Tibor the Hun]

How does a completely substanceless comment by an AC get to a 5 informative?

an AC thinks the interface is very sleek, and that is enough to save the phone the riducule? wtf mods?
Here's the summary of AC's post:

application interface is pretty good
it does do a good job
current version of OS do not provide support for SQL-CE DB or multi-tasking or even copy & paste .net provides pretty good infrastructureto concoct a rudimentary in-memory db
Other things would have been really useful
Despite these deficiencies I think, this is a pretty good OS

In a world dominated by iPhone and it's mighty App Store, Android and it's openness and Blackberry and it's enterprise qualities, in your opinion a "pretty good" phone from Microsoft is a contender?
This is why young people don't take slashdot seriously anymore.