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Updated Rules for Round Three: 6 - 12 April

The "Smoked by Windows Phone" promotion has been extended into a new round. Sorry for not updating sooner. Round 3 runs from 6 April - 12 April. The new rules are below.

There are no more phone trades. You do not get to swap your old device for a WP7 handset anymore.

In every store, only the first 250 challengers will receive a $25 gift card.

If you won a laptop or swapped your old device for a WP7 heanset in round one or two, you are inelligable in Round Three.

If you only received a gift card in Round One or Two, you can win another one in Round Three.

If you win the challenge in this round, you win a $1000 gift card.

Updated rules:

http://content.microsoftstore.com/store/smokedbywindowsphone/rules3

Rule changes for Round Two: 30 March to 5 April

Deal has officially been extended to 5 April, but there are now a few changes that impact swaps in the new round.

There are 100 phones available per store, per day. After the 100 phones have been given away for the day, then the next 500 participants will not have the option to swap, but will instead receive a $25 Gift Card.

The Samsung Focus Flash in black has been added to the phone list.

Pre-paid phones are no longer eligible.

Updated rules:

http://content.microsoftstore.com/store/smokedbywindowsphone/rules2

Requirements:

Allowed Operating Systems:

Android, Blackberry, iPhone, PalmOS, WebOS, some Symbian.

Windows Phone and Windows Mobile are expressly excluded.

Activated GSM or CDMA smartphone.

It must have voice and data service. Contract not required.

One swap per person

You will also need a valid government issued ID.

If you have one of the above mentioned operating systems on a device that NATIVELY runs it, you could swap it out for any brand new Windows Phone 7 device with no contract. What's the catch? I'm glad you asked. This promotion is only available in Microsoft Stores, not available online. It runs through 29 March 2012. This is not a contest. It is open to anyone with the phones mentioned previously. It excludes discontinued WP7 devices and the Lumia 800.

A simple way to profit from the deal is to bring in any cheap smartphone you have lying around. It MUST be a smartphone. Feature phones are excluded. Activate the device for service. It can be any cheap prepaid service for this. Not all stores check for this, but better safe than sorry. CDMA users can check out Page Plus for cheap activations. GSM users can check out T-Mobile prepaid plans. There is a nice $2/day all you can eat data plan with the magenta carrier as well.

Once you get that done, go into any Microsoft Store, and tell an employee that you want to take the "Windows Phone Challenge." After that, just loose the contest. It couldn't be simpler. Fill out the device recycling paperwork, and hand over your crappy phone. Pick a new Windows Phone 7 device.

Please format and wipe the data clean from your device before handing it over.

The device or carrier service you have does not affect which device you walk out with. You are free to choose any Windows Phone 7 device you want.

Phones available for selection:

AT&T

HTC Titan (MSRP $549)

Samsung Focus S (MSRP $549)

T-Mobile

HTC Radar (MSRP $399)

Nokia Lumia 710 (MSRP $349)

Verizon

HTC Trophy (MSRP $429)

Microsoft store locations:

http://content.microsoftstore.com/home.aspx

SCOTTSDALE, AZ Scottsdale Fashion Square

COSTA MESA, CA South Coast Plaza

LOS ANGELES, CA Westfield Century City

MISSION VIEJO, CA The Shops at Mission Viejo

PALO ALTO, CA Stanford Shopping Center*

SAN DIEGO, CA Fashion Valley Mall

SANTA CLARA, CA Westfield Valley Fair

LONE TREE, CO Park Meadows Mall

ATLANTA, GA Lenox Square Mall

OAK BROOK, IL Oakbrook Center

BLOOMINGTON, MN Mall of America

BRIDGEWATER, NJ Bridgewater Commons*

FREEHOLD, NJ Freehold Raceway Mall*

AUSTIN, TX The Domain*

HOUSTON, TX Houston Galleria

TYSONS CORNER, VA Tysons Corner Center

BELLEVUE, WA Bellevue Square Mall

SEATTLE, WA University Village

*PLEASE NOTE THESE STORES ARE LISTED AS "COMING SOON"

One last thing to note is that the phone you want might be out of stock, as this is a huge promotion. In that case, the store would decide what to do on its own. Some of them seem to be taking orders on the phones people want to own. Some of those stores are also issuing $10 gift cards as an apology for being out of stock. Some other stores are simply telling customers to choose from the stock on hand. For stores that are ordering devices, the estimated delivery time is ten days. You must go back to the store to pick it up. They do not ship directly to your house.