Windows Phone, getting smoked, but claiming otherwise.

This story went viral this morning, and a Microsoft employee had to step in to apologize and offer the prize that should have been awarded from the start.  If you search the internet, there are others who tried and had beaten Windows Phone, but did not get the prize, because Microsoft Store employees would not allow WP to lose.

You see, the Microsoft Store employees then go on to lie and change the rules and then have the gall to request that you take your photo in the "smoked by windows phone" sign.  That's fraud.

If you're going to play the Microsoft game - and you want to win - there are apparently at least three challenges: one is to take a photo then tag and post to Facebook; another is to provide the temperature of two different cities; a third one is to find a 4-star restaurant near you.  Probably subject to change, now that the original story has gone viral and people are spreading word of how Microsoft cheated.

With regard to the story this morning, Microsoft Store employees won't tell you that they already have the WP start screen rigged to bring up two live tiles with temperatures from two different cities.

But anyone can pin multiple city weather widgets to their screen in Android.  The difference is, Android users can find various customization widgets, some that can be resized.  Each of the widgets shown here can be sized to fit the whole screen or just a small portion.  You can't do that with WP or iOS.

Just remember however, that you should turn off your security features, lock screen, shut down all other widgets other than photo, Facebook, temperature, voice search / Google Places, and keep those widgets on the main home screen.