Next at Microsoft has been up and running for 125 days now – a little more than 4 months and 100 stories posted. At launch we promised to offer a director’s cut of Microsoft so here's a  few thoughts on the experience so far and offer a look ahead.

Windows Phone 7 has something I think earlier version of Windows Mobile were missing - personality. The OS has little design touches throughout that bring a smile to my face and show that there is still room for fun.

Windows Phone 7 has a lot of neat tricks up it's sleeves...here's a few of my favorites and links to a list of over 70 more!

The Bing for iPad app is now available in the Apple App store - it's a sweet looking app and testament to the design underbelly of Microsoft I'm seeing more of.

A fan of Windows Phone 7 made a video back in February - and now this second video, created for the MIX11 keynote, could be on its way to becoming an official Microsoft TV commercial. If it gets >200k clicks, it gets aired!