Microsoft przeprasza, rozdaje laptopa i telefon zwycięzcy #smokedbywindowsphone

After yesterday’s outcry about Microsoft not admitting defeat in a ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ challenge that Sahas Katta claims to have won, Ben (“The PC Guy”) Rudolp has now taken to Twitter to issue a public apology to the winner, further offering him a free laptop and phone to make up for his original prize.

Unlike some people claimed, Katta, who was able to pull up weather info on his Galaxy Nexus faster than the Microsoft Store employee, did not root his phone or do anything else out of the ordinary, as he clarified in a comment yesterday. Instead, he just disabled the lockscreen, a native feature of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and one he uses regularly when jogging or hiking, thus beating the Windows Phone ever so slightly.

Chociaż chwalimy Bena i zespół w Microsoft za szybkie i uczciwe rozwiązanie, jest już całkiem jasne, że cała reakcja PR i negatywne reakcje prasy kosztowało ich wysiłki związane z Windows Phone nieco więcej niż oryginalne 1,000 dolarów, o które powstało całe to zamieszanie.

Źródło: Ben Rudolp (Twitter)