I think Microsoft has a lot riding on this platform and as such they'll be pumping a lot of cash into the marketing and promotion of this release. From a softw

I think Microsoft has a lot riding on this platform and as such they'll be pumping a lot of cash into the marketing and promotion of this release. From a software standpoint, I'm quite excited about the .NET experience I'll be able to harness in order to create apps -- Microsoft will be able to leverage existing .NET developers like me to quickly grow the Windows Phone app catalog. As far as the interface is concerned, I like it. It's different and data-centric, unlike most of the alternatives.