{"id":43997,"date":"2012-11-12T06:16:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=43997"},"modified":"2012-11-12T06:16:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T22:16:13","slug":"microsoft-is-betting-on-celebrities-with-windows-phone-8-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/12\/microsoft-is-betting-on-celebrities-with-windows-phone-8-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is Betting on Celebrities with Windows Phone 8 (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have watched the <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/30\/microsoft-announces-windows-phone-8-with-new-features-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">launch of Windows Phone 8 recently<\/a>, you might have spotted Jessica Alba. Apparently, this is not the only celebrity that you will see with Windows Phone 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/12\/microsoft-is-betting-on-celebrities-with-windows-phone-8-video\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"windows-phone-8-will-arnett\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43998\" title=\"windows-phone-8-will-arnett\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/windows-phone-8-will-arnett.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->If you have noticed, Microsoft is also betting on another aspect of the Windows Phone 8. That is the customizable home screen. In the video, Will Arnett is organizing a contest (for AT&amp;T) on the unique home screen of users. Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/beQzrplsP-s?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next, in UK, Holly Willoughby is holding on to her Windows Phone 8 talking about Kid&#8217;s Corner in this advertisement.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vD1Uxvl84bg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/showbiz\/bizarre\/4637150\/james-corden-microsoft-advert-gwen-stefani-jay-z.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Sun<\/a>, it seems like JAY-Z and GWEN STEFANI are also roped in to talk about Windows Phone 8. Hopefully, these money are well spent for Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>In another angle, Microsoft should be more worried about the ecosystem of the Windows Phone 8 which is now about 5:1 ration as compared to iOS.<br \/>\n[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5959600\/heres-the-army-of-celebs-microsoft-is-using-to-pimp-windows-phone-8\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Alba, Will Arnett, Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani joined the fun in promoting Windows Phone 8 for Microsoft. 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