Gallery: How Microsoft Hit CTRL+ALT+DEL on Windows Phone
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Joe Belfiore is corporate vice president and director of Windows Phone program management. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Joe Belfiore, holds his prototype Samsung device that's running Windows Phone 7. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Don Coyner, manager of Microsoft’s Entertainment Experience Group, is heavily involved in the Xbox; he was instrumental to bringing the Xbox arcade experience to Windows Phone 7. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Puja Mehta, lead in test services, shows stacks housing hundreds of virtual devices running WP7 for testing purposes. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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A touchscreen sensitivity-testing robot performs its duties on a cellphone device. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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A WP7-installed device is subjected to automated testing cycles. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Software testing engineer Josh Taylor runs tests on WP7-installed devices. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Weiyou Cui, test manager on the engineering productivity team, opens the door to a soundproof room in a WP7 testing studio. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Test engineer Anil Wilson tests battery health in WP7-installed mobile devices. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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A Windows Phone 7 design studio on campus at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Behinds-the-scenes at a usability lab on campus at Microsoft HQ. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Windows Phone 7 design-team heavies include, from left, Amy Alberts, design research manager; Peter Chin, senior experience designer lead; Jeff Fong, principal user-experience design lead; Michael Smuga, studio manager; and Mike Kruzeniski, senior experience designer lead. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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The design evolution for various Microsoft mobile devices is shown on an overhead projector. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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Michael Smuga, studio manager, chats with a co-worker in a WP7 design studio. *Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com*
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