So they run the site. Here's the important stuff.

From the first link, "It turns out iPhone loyalist, Ben Gracewood, has been very impressed with Windows Phone 7. He's written an article that lists and explains a number of things that make him very confident of Windows Phone’s impending superiority"

From the second:
"Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 have won UK publication “What Mobile”’s Editor choice award for “… recognition of the work done by Microsoft to re-launch its Windows operating system for mobile, introducing a range of new design features that will create a highly valued additional choice for consumers in the smartphone arena.”

The What Mobile Awards is now in their sixth year and is based on thousands of readers voting, and will be awarded this year at a award winners’ party, at Whisky Mist at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

Windows Phone 7 have been well received by most critics in the industry as being a fresh and original take on smartphones."

In both cases, the comments were not from people with "ties to Redmond"



>>You sure?
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>>http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/why-you-ll-want-a-windows-phone
>>http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-wins-what-mobile-editors-choice-award/
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>Just look at "about us" pages for both websites.
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>"Site Admin and Windows Mobile enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s"
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>"Rush24 loves everything Microsoft"
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>"Pradeep is a Microsoft Student Partner"
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>"an avid gamer, who see the Windows Phone as a solid platform for mobile gaming"
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>"manages pocketnow's fantastic team of writers to bring valuable smartphone and Windows Mobile content to the readership"
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>"has been using the Microsoft mobile platform since the early Casio days"
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>"is a Microsoft Windows Mobile MVP"
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>"began using Windows Mobile devices back in high school"
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>"has been using Windows CE devices since version 1.1"
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>"His first exposure to windows mobile was a Compaq iPaq."
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>Ah, and there are two or three that didn't boast their ties to Redmond.