Former Windows Phone general manager, Charlie Kindel moves to Amazon

The proper noun Charlie Kindel should band a bell or two. The long-time Microsoft employee was part of the Windows Phone team and left Microsoft over a year ago. According toGeekWire, Kindel is said to exist on the move to Amazon. After 21 years at Microsoft, including the position of full general manager on the Windows Telephone squad, what'south Kindel going to be tasked with at Amazon?

It'southward not known, and he'southward reportedly keeping stomped well-nigh it all. It could well spark more than speculation and rumours that Amazon is looking to prepare a mobile platform. Kindel did get out Microsoft to launch BizLogr, which has developed an automatic mileage reporting tool for businesses. Amazon has already been rumoured to at least be looking into the development of a smartphone.

Does the market place require all the same another company to dive into mobile development? It depends on whether Amazon volition plan to go downwardly the road on its ain, or effort to enter the fragmented Android market. Kindel announced the move to Amazon on his personal weblog, with some truths and April Fool'due south content. We'll take the leap with others and believe Kindel is indeed joining Amazon.

We previously looked at reports of Amazon testing an upcoming smartphone last year, but we were fairly sceptical with the sheer contest on Android, not to mention iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone already being established. Could Amazon pull off a smartphone (or a platform) of its own, or can we await to run into more support for current hardware with richer app experiences?

Charlie Kindel isn't the first Microsoft employee to jump ship to Amazon. Former Windows Phone Executive Robert Williams and Director of Developer Experience Brandon Watson have also made the motion. Is the company slowly building up resources for a launch on the horizon? Only time will tell.

Source: GeekWire, via: CNET

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