A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft showed off their latest goodies for the holiday season at their annual Open House event. Complete with lavendar infused cocktails, mac and cheese amazingness and an Xbox KINECT interactive play area, front and center was the official launch of Windows Phone 7. They had a special video station on site and I took advantage of the opportunity to steal a few moments with my buddy Brian Seitz from Microsoft (and Cold Pavement). If you’ve been following my posts, you might recall I used to do PR for the Windows Phone account at my last firm, hence one of the enablers of fashion + tech becoming a sweet spot for me. I knew Windows Phone 7 was going to be impressive, but this was my first time seeing the final product and wow!

The photo features are probably my fav – it cuts out steps to make sharing and posting easier. One of the tiny things that got me was the “running late” button enabled through the Microsoft Office Mobile calendar. If you run late a lot like me, you can open a meeting and send an auto heads up email with one touch!

I clearly have a bias in the same way you root for your sports teams even if you move to a different city. So with that, I will only suggest you check it out for yourself when it hits store November 8. Devices will be available from AT&T and T-Mobile from brands like HTC, Samsung and LG (more info here). Let me know what you think! For photos from the event, check out this post from Nitrolicious. 

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