A woman I work with actually was the first person I had met with a WP7 device. She had bought a focus because she didn't like the android device she originally purchased. She left it at my desk for a day to try and set it up for her (I'm known as the phone guy at work) and after playing around with the features and the ease of use I was sold. I got mine less than a month later. Since then, she's been the only other person I've met with a WP7 device and I got mine back in February.
I was out to breakfast with my wife the other weekend and heard the default text message sound of a WP7 device and got all excited. She just looked at me like I was the biggest nerd. I didn't see the device but I was excited to hear that at least one more was out there.
Great story.
I myself was interested in WP7 since I first saw it on the web. I was reading every article and when to give it a try on AT&T. Being an smartphone virgin I quickly became overwhelmed and left the store. I kept seeing new WP7 phones every day at my work, I always asked people to try it for some reason, even though I "quit it". I never though I would be an smartphone owner since I didn't had credit.
But then a client came out looking for a cover for a LG windows phone, I though it was the qualcom and tell her, I didn't had anything but for some reason as she was going I said: AT&T and right? She said no is for Claro ( my carrier ) and I asked to take it a look. It was the most beautiful phone I had ever seeing. I play it for a couple of minutes and she told she was the first person on the entire country with this phone. ( Or at least my mall since the cashier told her it was the first he sold )
I asked every coworker if they saw anyone with it, they didn't knew what phone I was talking about, it wasn't on the newspaper nor in the store display. I was though I was getting crazy or imagine it or something but then I saw a full page, color ad for the phone on the local newspaper and I say, screw it. I'm getting this phone period.
Got my phone for a whooping 300 dollars with contract but got it, even though I didn't had credit. My story had a happy ending =)