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Episode 043 – “Ben the Phone Charity Guy”

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Ben Rudolph (“Ben the PC Guy” — Microsoft)

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6 Responses to Episode 043 – “Ben the Phone Charity Guy”

  • [...] latest WPDev podcast have posted this recorded phone call with carrier sales staff in USA, likely with AT&T, and it [...]

  • Frederick Edwards

    Oh cool, forgot you were gonna mention that story today! :) We are still waiting on some official Gen2 Windows Phone announcements in Canada, but at least Nokia Canada has stated they will be releasing Windows Phones in Canada next fiscal quarter (like the USA).

    The Carrier story mirrors my student’s trip to MTS (Manitoba Telephone System) this morning. He said the agent even asked him ‘why would you even want a windows phone?”, then kept describing different Android and Apple plans. The only phone in stock was an LG WP7 phone that was hidden in some corner (which isn’t even located on their website anymore). Wade said the Sales agent admitted he didnt know the how to work it, after trying to push him on 4 other phones & plans Android/iPhone).

    I advised Wade to buy a Samsung Focus Gen1 phone off Ebay ($160-$250), switch out sims with his current phone and wait for Nokia to release in Canada. Samsung and HTC are disappointing me with their lack of Canadian presence.

  • Kevin

    Actually you dont eve have to be a student programmer to have your fee waved.
    I’m a student in advertising and i got my fee for developers waves when signing up too.

  • Jason

    Not a single Windows Phone on display at the Verizon store in Monmouth Mall, NJ

    https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=ce89993aac5bf3c5&client=wnf&Bsrc=TWITRAPXX&Bpub=SN.Notifications&id=CE89993AAC5BF3C5%211116&sff=1

    They got clamshells. They got 3 varieties of blackberry, they got tons of droid and iphones….

    No Windows Phone out for demo on 11/10/2011

    • bob

      Microsoft has to help pay for retail displays and sales commissions, or else these phones will get buried in sea of Android crud.

  • [...] have some proof of this as wpdevpc have a few images of how badly the Windows Phones have been treated. They make the Windows Phones [...]

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