Microsoft shocked to find interest in Windows Phone 7

Release Date 23 Aug, 2011 in Apple Insider

MS woos WebOS developers with free WP phones Moneycontrol.com - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft is looking to salvage what's left of HP's WebOS tablets and phones, in this case, their developers. Brandon Watson, Senior Director, Windows Phone 7 Development made an announcement on Twitter informing WebOS developers that Microsoft would ...
WebOS and HP TouchPad Find Suitors, Skype Buys GroupMe and Linux is 20: BYTE ... InformationWeek - 23 Aug, 2011 Within hours of Hewlett-Packard's massacre of its webOS-based HP TouchPad tablet and smartphones Pre and Veer, webOS and the HP TouchPad weren't as orphaned as they seemed. As bloggers issued weepy obituaries for the once high-flying OS, ...
HP TouchPad developers: Microsoft wants you for Windows Phone 7 Los Angeles Times - 23 Aug, 2011 The HP TouchPad is enjoying a level of popularity it never had until it was discontinued and then dropped to $99 in price. But Microsoft is hoping that, despite a sudden boom in the number of TouchPad users, it will be able to draft developers who made ...
WebOS death may breathe life into Windows Phone 7 --- 1000 WebOS developers ... Computerworld (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft wasted no time in capitalizing on the death of HP's WebOS --- the company has already reached out to WebOS developers, and 1000 of them have so far expressed interest in developing for Windows Phone 7. That could be a key part of breathing ...
Microsoft pursues webOS devs, offers free phones Computerworld - Gregg Keizer - 23 Aug, 2011 Computerworld - Taking advantage of Hewlett-Packard's departure from the tablet and smartphone market, Microsoft has offered webOS developers free phones, tools and training to create apps for its Windows Phone 7 platform. ...
Microsoft Wooing WebOS Developers With Free Phones And Training Washington Post - ‎Aug 22, 2011‎ By TechCrunch.com, In the aftermath of HP's decision to axe all WebOS products, the question for many a developer is “what's next?” While I'm sure a few WebOS diehards will continue to work on the platform (and hopefully create some great new apps for ...
	Boot up: Skype acquires GroupMe, HP's 'long-decade departure', and more The Guardian (blog) - ‎Aug 22, 2011‎ Plus Steve Jobs' post-PC credo, and is HP's WebOS surrender a win for Microsoft? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates (right) discuss the future following the purchase of Skype by Microsoft. Photograph: Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images ...
WebOS developers flock to Microsoft TelecomTV - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft has courted disillusioned developers of HP's WebOS with the offer of free phones, and has had no shortage of takers. Guy Daniels reports. It didn't take long for HP's mobile rivals to capitalise on the news that WebOS is effectively now dead ...
	WebOS Developers in Demand Along With $99 HP TouchPad International Business Times - 23 Aug, 2011 By IB Times Staff Reporter \| August 23, 2011 8:23 AM EDT While the HP TouchPad is basking in excess demands for it with its new price drop to $99, the developers who made apps for HP tablet and WebOS are being eyed as well. Microsoft, which is about to ...
Microsoft Bringing WebOS Developers To Windows Phone 7 Platform WCCFtech (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011 I'm your average PC gamer and hardware enthusiast who tries to stay updated with the latest in tech while keeping up along side with his hobbies in photography and film making. Just recently HP had announced of completely scrapping off their WebOS ...
MICROSOFT GESTURES LURE TO WEBOS DEVELOPERS eBrandz - Abhijeet Kashyap - 23 Aug, 2011 It has not been even a week for the announcement that was made by HP for discontinuing its webOS, but the software giant, Microsoft has taken up steps to grab this opportunity to lure the webOS developers in the Microsoft world. ...
	Microsoft chasing WebOS developers Smart Gorillas - Heather McLean - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft has invited WebOS developers to join its Windows Mobile 7 gang, as HP announced last Friday that it was discontinuing operations for WebOS devices after the TouchPad and WebOS mobile phones failed to sell well. ...
Microsoft Offers webOS Devs Free WP7 Phones, Tools Tom's Guide - Jane McEntegart - 23 Aug, 2011 WebOS might have been put on the backburner over at HP, but Microsoft isn't going to leave those jilted developers hanging. HP last week announced that it was killing off the TouchPad and all WebOS smartphones and putting the mobile operating system it ...
	WebOS devs jump ship to Windows Phone T3 - Joe Minihane - 23 Aug, 2011 WebOS's demise may mean dirt cheap tablets for gadget fans. But it also leaves developers looking for new platforms to work on. Microsoft's Brandon Watson clearly new this when he fired off a tweet seeing if any webOS devs fancied switching to Windows ...
Microsoft trying to connect with orphaned WebOS developers Total Telecom - Steven D. Jones - 23 Aug, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Co. pulled the plug on its tablet and phone ambitions last week. Now, Microsoft Corp. is trying to plug those software developers into its network. On Thursday, HP announced it would exit its ...
WebOS developers move to Windows Phone 7 Fudzilla - David Stellmack - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft claims that more than 500 developers have Emailed Microsoft about taking them up on their offer to become a Windows Phone 7 developer. Apparently, if you are a WebOS published developer, you could Email Microsoft at: This e-mail address is ...
Microsoft mounts campaign to win webOS developers Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 23 Aug, 2011 Hewlett-Packard's decision to quit the mobile market may be perfect timing for Microsoft, which is just about to release the Mango upgrade to WP7 and has mounted a campaign to win webOS developers. Combined with efforts to woo ...
Microsoft Moves To Grab webOS Developers NewsFactor Network - Barry Levine - 23 Aug, 2011 With the demise of Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet, Microsoft has moved to attract webOS developers to Windows Phone 7. Microsoft offered free phones, tools and training to transition from webOS to Windows Phone 7, and reported more ...
	Microsoft entices disgruntled webOS devs to switch to Windows Phone TECH.BLORGE.com - Mike Ferro - 23 Aug, 2011 The HP TouchPad is enjoying significant demand after the company dropped the price of the device to $99.99. With HP discontinuing the unit, there is a growing concern from the webOS development community. Microsoft is looking to take ...
Tech Today: HP TouchPad sells-out after dramatic price-cut T3 - Chris Smith - 23 Aug, 2011 With news from Twitter, Apple, Windows Phone and the HP TouchPad fire sale, here's the tech goss from after you logged-off. Hewlett Packard saw an Apple-like rush for the HP TouchPad across the UK this afternoon. It's just a shame it took a 75 per cent ...
Microsoft Looks To Cash-in On WebOS Demise Gadget Helpline (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011 After the demise of the HP Touchpad last week it has emerged that Microsoft is striking while the iron is hot and are trying to woo WebOS devs to come and make apps for its own Windows Phone 7. This has caused several electrical retailers' sites to ...
	Microsoft moves to snap up abandoned WebOS developers PCR-online.biz - Mat Bettinson - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft has stepped in to snap up developers cut adrift as HP axed WebOS hardware devices, offering mobile app developers free Windows Phone 7 devices , tools and training. Microsoft Windows Phone 7 chief ...
Microsoft reaches out to WebOS developers SmartCompany.com.au - Patrick Stafford - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft is reaching out to WebOS developers who have no avenue to publish their programs after HP has discontinued the software. The announcement comes after HP said it would be discontinuing the TouchPad tablet as well, erasing another iPad ...
	WebOS developers flocking to Windows Phone TechRadar UK - Chris Smith - 23 Aug, 2011 Over 500 app developers for HP's doomed webOS platform are preparing to take their talents to Windows Phone, following a Twitter invite from Microsoft. After HP would permanently ended production of Pre phones and TouchPad tablets, ...
Microsoft Lures webOS Developers to Windows Mobile OS Platform with Free ... TMC Net - Ashok Bindra - 23 Aug, 2011 In a conference call last week, Hewlett-Packard (News - Alert) provided financial results for the third quarter. Concurrently, the company also announced plans to discontinue making hardware running its webOS operating systems, ...
Microsoft Woos webOS's Devs Over to Windows Phone 7 NBC Bay Area (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011 Up until last week, there were five major mobile operating systems: Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry and webOS. With the wounding of webOS, there are now four. The two top players being Android and iOS. And Microsoft wants at least the bronze ...
Microsoft offers webOS developers a new home, on Windows Phone 7 SDTimes.com (blog) - Victoria Reitano - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft's director, Brandon Watson, tweeted an invitation to all webOS developers on Friday and immediately received over 500 emails, according WPCentral. Watson, it seems, is quite excited about porting ...
Microsoft shocked to find interest in Windows Phone 7 Apple Insider - Daniel Eran Dilger - 23 Aug, 2011 After Microsoft's head of Windows Phone 7 offered free phones and training to any published webOS developers, he reported being "caught a bit flatfooted" to find 500 people interested in actually taking him up on the offer. ...
	Microsoft Recruits WebOS Developers Mobiledia - Joe Arico - 23 Aug, 2011 Microsoft is making an effort to lure away WebOS developers from their unfinished projects, as the company looks to capitalize on the abandoned operating system. The Redmond, Wash.-based company's senior director ...
	Microsoft Proposes WebOS Developers to Switch Sides. X-bit Labs - Anton Shilov - 23 Aug, 2011 Even though unofficially, but Microsoft Corp. is looking forward to attract developers of applications for webOS into development of software for Windows Phone 7 operating system. The company is willing to provide tools, free phones and ...