Chance to win free PC or trade current smartphone for new no contact Windows Phone

Please note, this promotion is different than the deal only part listed in Hot Deals. It will not be merged as this post is about the contest, not the deal.

CONTEST DESCRIPTION:

Contests -
(1) Pocket-to-Picture-to-Post
(2) Real-Time Information with Live Tiles
(3) Using the People Hub to Stay in Touch with the People You Care About Most
(4) Updating Your Status Across Multiple Social Networks
(5) Local Scout ("Challenge").
(6) Pulling up a list of movie times from a local theatre (make sure you download an app like fandango or flixster. the rep used flixster in this case and I could have easily have won if I had downloaded the same app).

This Contest starts at 9:00 AM, local time, on March 22 2012, and ends at 10:00 PM, local time, on March 29, 2012 or whenever the ten (10) prizes per store have been exhausted, whatever comes first ("Entry Period").

If your smartphone completes the Challenge faster than the Microsoft sales associate using the Windows Phone you will be the winner. In the event of a tie between the Windows Phone and Your smartphone your smartphone will be considered the winner.

Contest Prizes

First Prize: One (1) Hunger Games PC (CWF-00587 HP Folio 13 Special Edition). Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $1,049.00.

Microsoft Store Locations
http://content.microsoftstore.com...footertray

Resources on Smoked by Windows Phone
#SmokedByWindowsPhone [twitter.com] - Twitter HashTag
facebook.com/windowsphone [facebook.com]
youtube.com/windowsphone [youtube.com] - Find videos on SmokedbyWindowsPhone
Google [google.com] or Bing [bing.com] - "Smoked by windows phone CES"

Informal Stats on SmokedByWindowsPhone
http://wmpoweruser.com/wp-content...kedmwc.jpg

COSTA MESA STORE EXPERIENCE:
Wait time around 15 - 20 minutes. The promotional hours ended 1 hour before closing time.
Participants are asked to fill out 3 waivers, including 1 to consent to media coverage by Microsoft for marketing purposes, and 1 to consent to the recycling of your phone.
IMPORTANT: You should perform a FULL WIPE / FORMAT / FACTORY RESET on your old device before you hand it to them! You must give consent to allow the recycling firm to access the (software) contents of your phone!
Once they're ready for you to compete, you are asked to choose ONE of the FIVE modes of competition! They did not require specific app usage, so you could just use your browser. This store required participants to use WiFi if their device is capable.
If the phone you want is out of stock, this store offered a $10 gift card + a rain check. You keep your phone in the meantime, they will call you in when the phone you want is in stock.

Mobile Carrier eligible
T-Mobile
Verizon
AT&T
Sprint is no longer carried in their stores.
Promotion Rules:
http://content.microsoftstore.com...hone/rules



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