Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/13/microsoft_amazon_win_phone_exec/
Another Microsoft Windows Phone exec legs it to Amazon
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Posted in Operating Systems, 13th July 2012 09:21 GMT
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Another Microsoft Windows Phone executive has jumped ship for Amazon.
Robert Williams, a WinPho business development boss, has left Redmond and tweeted [1] 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 building its own mobile [2] to rival Apple's iPhone.
In February, Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit lost Brandon Watson [3], its head of developer experience who was working on Windows Phone 7, to Amazon. Watson had been a big cheerleader for Windows Phone among dev types.
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. ®