MSFT Gambling $100 Bills on WP7 Speed Tests in Vegas

[JMcEntegart]

Money, meet mouth.

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[joytech22]

Damn I wish I was there, easy $100..
I have a Galaxy Nexus, and I bet my Galaxy Nexus is faster at being a torch..

 

[back_by_demand]

Best. Marketing. Tactic.
EVAR!

 

[Pyree]

If the gamble is based on boot up time, can I bring my old Nokia 3310?

 

[aaron88_7]

Too bad hackers will just as quickly be able to exploit a weakness in the Windows coding and steal that $100 before you even see it

 

[ppumkin]

Yea so he is using some custom quad core arm 1.5ghz in a crappy WP7 case.. and has about 40 phones charging under the table and swaps them between bets.. Cheaky sod.

 

[CaedenV]

So Jane, did you take the bet?

 

[Dandalf]

Oh god I'd love to turn up with a rooted device that I'd manually overclocked, just to see the look on his face when he is beaten by a Galaxy S II running at 1.75ghz...

 

[beayn]

Couldn't the photo on twitter have been cached on the iphone if he's already viewed it?

 

[Guest]

I'm going to challenge him to a throw in the ground test vs my candy bar phone which isn't worth the sum of its parts. Fastest speed hitting the ground wins.

 

[cookoy]

my phone can make a speed dial call by pressing 2 buttons in less than half a second

 

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]CaedenV[/nom]So Jane, did you take the bet?[/citation]

Nope. In my eyes, my Nexus S is queen.

 

[aaron88_7]

[citation][nom]aaron88_7[/nom]Too bad hackers will just as quickly be able to exploit a weakness in the Windows coding and steal that $100 before you even see it[/citation]
Geeze guys, learn to take a joke. You know it secretly made you laugh inside!

 

[MasterMace]

Which WP7 phones is he using?

 

[JasonAkkerman]

Does this include overclocked phones with custom ROMs?
I have seen some slick ROMs in my days. A friend of mine has a nice SGS2 at 1.6Ghz that is really fast.

 

[robluft]

This is a great marketing approach and I will laugh my ass off if these videos make it to some commercial spots.

It does say a lot about their confidence if they are willing to put WP7 head-to-head at "the" tech conference.

 

[freggo]

Is it just me or does the photo look photoshopped ?

 

[jackbling]

got to say, this is excellent marketing.

 

[knowom]

Great ethical marketing on Microsoft's part to make a point unlike say Apple who's marketing is down right deceptive more secure please they get hacked into quickest only people they are are fooling are the naive people that wouldn't know the difference between Ford and a Lamborghini.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]Dandalf[/nom]Oh god I'd love to turn up with a rooted device that I'd manually overclocked, just to see the look on his face when he is beaten by a Galaxy S II running at 1.75ghz...[/citation]And then it catches fire. You're up $100 though!