So good Microsoft is willing to bet $100 their phone is faster.
Ben Rudolph, Microsoft’s phone and PC guy, writes in the Windows Team Blog:
“In the tech world, words like “fastest” and “easiest” are thrown around a lot. If you follow my tweets, you’ve probably even heard me use them to describe Windows Phone. But those words mean very little if you’re not prepared to back them up. This year at CES, that’s exactly what I’ll be doing – putting my money where my mouth is – with the #smokedbywindowsphone $100 challenge.”
The “Smoked by Windows Phone challenge,” lets CES browsers battle the Windows Phone with their current devices. During the challenge, both the Windows Phone and the user’s phone will be hooked up to a network Windows has set up specifically for the contest, so there’s no unfair advantages one has over the other. If your phone performs faster than the Windows Phone, the $100 is yours. There are even talks of giving away the Windows Phones themselves.
Follow Rudolph’s Twitter account to see where he will be—he said “[he’ll] be at the Microsoft Booth from 2-6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the rest of the time he and his crew will be roaming the city and looking for challengers.”
One thing the Windows Phone lacks is presence; people don’t have a clue about the newly designed platform, so this challenge is supposed to disprove people’s popular belief that there’s no way the Windows Phone is speedier than iOS or Android.
We’re rooting for you, Windows Phone!
(via The Verge via Windows Team Blog)
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