Former Windows Phone Director Robert Williams joins Amazon, stirs rumor pot

[![Former Windows Phone Director Robert Williams joins Amazon, stirs rumor pot][1] ][2]

We're no CSI, but if we were Amazon, planning to make a phone, we'd definitely want to make sure [developers were happy][3], that we had some weight in [the patent world][4], and had an idea of the [end design][5]. With that all sorted, we'd likely hire a senior Director of Business Development from a major competitor -- which is exactly what has happened. Robert Williams, formerly of said position at Microsoft Windows Phone is joining his fellow WP alumni, Brandon Watson, over at camp Bezos as Director of the App Store. Of course, this could just be a strategic move on behalf of the company's Android market, and the Amazon phone is still very much just a rumor, but with more pieces of the puzzle starting to fit, and the book seller's ability to turn things on their head, we're far from ruling it out just yet.

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