[citation][nom]dman3k[/nom]Ok, Ballmer, we need more details on the development side of things. If developing an WP7 app takes at least a $600 package to do it, what a shame - I hope WP7 fails. If you open WP7 development for free, or a cheap cost one-time fee for a development kit which includes developer key, then I hope WP7 succeeds. Development is the most important aspect of the mobile platforms.[/citation]
This is a good question. On this front, I think most people can agree that Microsoft is very kind to developers and offers some great tools and API's. Especially considering you can now get free trimmed down versions of Visual Studio (C# Express, Web Express, ect...). So yeah, I will be curious to see what they have planned for developers. I hope they will have the phones be able to run Silverlight and .NET apps.