Windows Phone GM Leaves to Launch Start-up
Kindel introduced as a key evangelist in 2010
Windows Phone GM Leaves to Launch Start-up
"I'm not yet ready to disclose details about the new venture but I can say I will be staying in the Seattle area to build it," Kindel wrote on his blog. "It has to do with sports, advertising, mobile, social networking, and, of course, the cloud."
Kindel, featured last fall on the behind-the-scenes efforts by Microsoft to bring Windows Phone 7 to market, had the daunting task of courting mobile application developers to Windows Mobile, Microsoft's latest attempt at the market, after being surpassed by Apple and Google. And Microsoft, too, promoted him as a key evangelist for the platform when the company first launched it in 2010, highlighting, among other things, his wakeboarding prowess.
In his note to colleagues, Kindel praised their efforts.
"I may stop using some Microsoft products now that I'm out of here," Kindel wrote. "But not Windows Phone. The BEST product Microsoft has ever built. Do not let up!"
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