In an Oprah-like moment at the Microsoft PDC10 conference keynote today, Steve Ballmer announced to a hall full of eager developers that every attendee would get a free Windows Phone 7 device at the event. As WP7 is yet to launch in the United States, a loud cheer followed.
The device most people received is a retail-model LG Optimus 7. A smaller subset of attendees (non-paying attendees) got a Samsung Taylor preproduction developer device instead.
With an estimated 1,000 attendees on-site (Microsoft would not confirm), it’s quite possible more Windows Phone 7s changed hands today than the number of devices available on launch day in Australia.
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Love your last line “With an estimated 1,000 attendees on-site (Microsoft would not confirm), it’s quite possible more Windows Phone 7s changed hands today than the number of devices available on launch day in Australia” – I highly suspect its extremely probable actually! lol
No wonder there’s a shortage of stocks – this is where all the phones went.
Ha, I was checking Seattle area craigslist to see if any made it out there yet. Unfortunately not.
first thing I checked to, not even on ebay yet, what are they waiting for? if they wait any longer I might as well wait for launch!
Maybe they love their new phones so much they don’t want to get rid of them? Just a thought.
You are not going to see them on Craigslist just yet. Give them a day or two to toy with it, and be ready.
On the side of the phone boxes you can read “developers, developers, developers!” xD
I didn’t get my ticket to the show. hmmm