Nokia giving developers free E7 and Nokia WP7 handsets

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17 points·gspyrou··9 comments

Definitely a smart move. The reason ios is so popular in the valley is likely that that is what the geeks got their hands on first.

Why is this getting downvoted? Just curious.

I imagine it is because, of all the contributing factors to iOS being popular and a "hit" when it came out, this reason seems like one that is so minor that suggesting it as the cause is dangerously misleading.

Either because someone is not getting sarcasm, or because it is not sarcasm after all…

I didn't even think of that.

To be honest I would much rather have it be a sincere (but perhaps incorrect) observation than a sarcastic remark.

I would never down-vote someone's sincere gander, no matter how misguided. Sarcasm on the other hand is mockery or contempt in the guise of cheap humor and I don't think we need more of that.

Freebies for devs are kinda the norm for this sort of thing, so this is literally the least Nokia/Microsoft can do. Hardly going to sway anyone.

Not to mention Apple is actually extremely stingy with their giveaways, so the reason everyone got iPhones was much different than this.

"Developers, Developers, Developers" ?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default

I like how they have embraced that saying.

At their QML/Qt training 2months ago they were handing out free Meamo phones.

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