Andre Yoskowitz
21 Aug 2011 14:29
Following HP's decision to kill off all webOS-based hardware and firesale their Pre phones and TouchPad tablet for $49 and $99, respectively, Microsoft is looking to bring talented webOS devs over to the floundering Windows Phone 7 platform.
Microsoft has had good success in bringing developers over to WP7 and despite mediocre hardware sales the platform has 30,000 apps in record time.
Director for Windows Phone 7, Brandon Watson, has tweeted this weekend:
To any published webOS devs: We'll give you what you need to be successful on #WindowsPhone, including free phones, dev tools, and training, etc