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Of course Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore is using an Android smartphone

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So Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore tweeted with an Android device, to talk about a Windows Phone? Good. Yes there’s an argument that any public facing executive needs to be 100% on message, but I think it’s far more important that the top-level execs who are imparting the vision and direction on their platform have real world experience of the competing platforms. I would hope that Belfiore is a ‘power’ user on Android, iOS, and BlackBerry 10 (when it arrives) as well as Windows Phone.

All About… Metro UI

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One of the talks at the recent Nokia World was Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore talking about the design of Metro UI – which drives Windows Phone Windows 8, the Zune HD, the Xbox and more. The three main principles? “People first” – your friends and loved ones (and what they’re up to) should be front and centre in the interface. Being ‘people first’ is. Joe contends, fundamentally different to iOS, Blackberry, Symbian and other mobile operating systems, which all force an “application by application” basis. “Celebrate me” – Joe contrasted the effortless celebration of ‘you’ to Android’s customisability, where you have