Why ?
Has Amazon got a death wish as the history of WP isn't great.
Another Microsoft Windows Phone executive has jumped ship for Amazon. Robert Williams, a WinPho business development boss, has left Redmond and tweeted he’s now “at work” at the online shopping centre. Williams had been with Microsoft at least until May. The move comes as reports suggest the retailer-turned-e-book-maker is …
"The move comes as reports suggest the retailer-turned-e-book-maker is building its own mobile to rival Apple's iPhone".
Considering how Samsung SIII excels over the iPhones in terms of technology, if any new comer or new model from a present manufacturer should rival its the SIII and not the fruity thing.
"Watson’s LinkedIn bio says he’s now an Amazon director working on product management for the Kindle software business for first- and third-party devices.
Watson’s role involves putting Kindle apps on devices including Windows Phone, Android and iOS devices."
I want that job.......
Theres only one kindle app and its just written for each OS
Plus the Kindle Fire, already there and if a new one coming with new OS version thats hardly a major job, just keeping an eye on a few coders etc.
Whats he doing with the rest of the 4.9 days a week ?
put the "ph" in "phail".
TIL that in 2012, a new phrase: "We're hiring Microsoft's best execs (ha!) to build an equivalent product to something already in the marketplace that's reliable." has passed up "Hold my beer and watch *this*" as the phrase most likely to not lead to optimal results.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, call me a doubter. Scoffer, even.