Free Windows Phone Phones for webOS Developers

"We will provide webOS developers with everything you need to successfully work on the Windows Phone platform, including free smartphones, development tools, training, and so on," said Brandon Watson, head of Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft, on Twitter . According to him, only those developers who have already published at least one application under webOS (To Any Published WebOS Devs) can apply for free phones.

Microsoft's proposal caused a lively response from the public: by Monday almost a thousand people sent applications for participation in the program.

If you are interested: a portal for developers WP7 with links to development tools, training materials, a database of questions and answers, etc.