Joe Belfiore

Corporate Vice President, Windows Phone Program Management & Design
Microsoft

As the key exec for Microsoft's Windows Phone Program, Joe Belfiore focuses on usability and overall experience of Microsoft's mobile technology products. Belfiore now faces the daunting challenge of establishing the Windows Phone 7 and future iterations as a leader in a very crowded mobile space. It is a huge come-from-way-way-behind challenge for Microsoft. Before moving to the Windows Phone team, the 20-year-old company veteran–who came to Microsoft fresh out of Stanford University–has been in charge of the Zune Software and Services, as well as the "eHome" Division of Windows.

Posts With Joe Belfiore

Microsoft Offers Mea Culpa for Slow Windows Phone Updates, Promises Mango Update This Fall

Windows Phone VP Joe Belfiore offers apologies for the past updates, while outlining some of the new features coming this fall as part of a major update, code-named Mango. And for those wondering when they will be able to launch birds from a catapult, Angry Birds for Windows Phone is coming May 25.

Microsoft Offers Apology for Windows Phone Upgrade Slowness

Microsoft’s efforts to update Windows Phone 7 have proven a bit challenging on both the communications and technical fronts. In a posting on Microsoft’s developer site, vice president Joe Belfiore apologizes and pledges to both communicate and execute better in the future.

D: Dive Into Mobile: The Full Interview Video of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Head Joe Belfiore

Today, we ring up Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore, who is the man in charge of its Windows Phone 7 efforts. It’s no small task, as the software giant struggles to get back into the mobile game and catch up from far behind in a very competitive smartphone race led by both Google and Apple.

D: Dive Into Mobile: The Full Interview Video of Google Ad Head Susan Wojcicki

Will Google dominate mobile advertising in the same way that it’s ruled the online search ad business? Susan Wojcicki, who was key to that first huge success, is in charge of making sure lightning strikes twice for the Silicon Valley search giant.

Windows Phone 7 Prices Quietly Dropping

Although the official prices of the initial Windows Phone 7 devices remain the same, various promotions are heavily discounting the month-old models, with Amazon offering three AT&T models for just a penny.

Microsoft “Happy” With Windows Phone 7 Sales

Windows Phone 7 has been on the market for a month now, but Microsoft has steadfastly refused to give out any concrete sales numbers. In a backstage interview at D: Dive Into Mobile, Vice President Joe Belfiore kept up the trend, but he did say that the company is pleased with sales figures, even if it won’t quantify them.

Joe Belfiore on Microsoft and the Mobile Market (Video)

With the official launch of Windows Phone 7 just a few months behind him, Joe Belfiore, one of the Microsoft VPs leading the company’s smartphone effort, wasn’t too keen on discussing sales numbers at D: Dive Into Mobile today, but he had a lot to say about the legacy of Windows Mobile, Microsoft’s vision of Windows Phone 7 and the marketplace in which it now strives for traction.

Live at Dive–Microsoft Talks Windows Phone 7

So just how is Windows Phone 7 doing, and what is next in Microsoft’s effort to get back into the phone game? In the hot seat at D: Dive Into Mobile on Tuesday is Joe Belfiore, one of the Microsoft VPs in charge of the company’s phone effort.

Can You Hear Me Now? D: Dive Into Mobile Debuts Tonight!

Tonight, All Things Digital will debut its first extension of the D: All Things Digital conference, with D: Dive Into Mobile. The original nickname for the event was “mini-d,” since it is shorter than big-D, focused on one key topic and has a more intimate audience. But the speakers Walt Mossberg and I have assembled are anything but small on the critical topic of mobile–beginning with tonight’s opening session with Google Android kingpin Andy Rubin.

Spotify's Daniel Ek Splashes Down at D: Dive Into Mobile

Next week, we’ll be putting on our first brand extension of the highly successful D: All Things Digital conference with D: Dive Into Mobile. And we’ve just added an exciting new speaker to the already top-drawer list: Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify. For those living under a rock, Ek leads one of the most exciting music services on the Web right now.

Dive Into Mobile in December