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."

But it's mnade out of PEOPLE !!

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't buy WP7. It's made out of PEOPLE !!

Far from certain

[Wovel]

They will put it in a drawer and keep using their iPhones.

Re:But only to true employees

[tomhudson]

But only to true employees, not to temps and interns.

Actually, true employees get a WP7 phone.

Temps and interns get 2 WP7 phones, and a dozen KINs

To thank their employees, heh

[noidentity]

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.

I bet they can't wait to receive this gift.

Re:But it's mnade out of PEOPLE !!

[tomhudson]

" Don't buy WP7. It's made out of PEOPLE !! "

I could be worse - it could be made out of KINs instead of next of kins.

Hot new item @ microsoft - cases that make your iPhone look like a WP7 phone - complete with BSOD screen-saver.

The Balminator: "Hey - is that an iPhone?

Employee: "I wish - blue-screened again!"

The Balminator: "Okay, I guess I can find someone else to throw this chair at."

I can't wait ......

[Chrisq]

I can't wait until someone jailbreaks them and comes up with a way of running Android

Hah!

[Diabolus Advocatus]

Even to its own employees Microsoft has to give its new phone away ;)

Oblig

[should_be_linear]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if 90,000 voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Re:They should expand the program

[tokul]

I'll use a Windows Mobile phone, too... if it's free.

The first one is always free.

Re:Eating your own dog food?

[Keebler71]

Maybe MS just wants to find out if there are any major design flaws before releasing it to the public... say... like an antenna design flaw... booyaa!

Philosophical question

[elrous0]

If a MS employee leaves his MS phone prototype in a bar and no blogger considers it even worth stealing, does it make a ring?

Re:Assumptions Assumptions

[qortra]

But I will never ever use IE again. I even get a little sick when I have to use IE to update XP.

At one point, I memorized an FTP address for Mozilla so I wouldn't have to load IE to download Firefox on new installations.

Cruel and unusual punishment

[thegarbz]

Seriously call your union reps. No one should be treated in this way in a modern workplace.

No

[achurch]

It's the beer glasses set on top of it that make the ring.

Re:But it's mnade out of PEOPLE !!

[Anonymous Coward]

Uhh... That's nonsense. MS may be a shitty company to the rest of the world, but to their employees, they're pretty damn good. Dunno where you got that vending machine claim, but I suggest you stick it back from whence it came.

Re:It'll be interesting...

[Whalou]

More likely it just didn't make the cut for release.

It got cut but not pasted.

Re:GM did something similar in the late 90s

[glebd]

So you're basically saying Microsoft is really mad at their employees.

Re:Gir's Analysis: Doom, Doom, Doom

[Anonymous Coward]

"What's your delta?"

Calculus, apparently.

Re:Call the employee daily

[hexadecimate]

You, sir, are a genius.

An evil, twisted genius.