Geohot is Sony’s new best enemy thanks to his efforts in giving back functionality to end users that Sony has stripped away. But it appears that while Sony whittles away at his finances and self image, a new friendship is being born. An “entrepreneur on loan” to Microsoft, @BrandonWatson, sent Geohot a tweet stating that the Windows Phone 7 development team would give him a Windows Phone 7 dev phone if he contacted the group via email — a bold, but much needed move by Microsoft. By offering a helping hand (however big or small) to a very prominent developer, especially a developer in the middle of a legal battle because of his “open” nature, Microsoft is giving Windows Phone 7′s brand image a much needed boost in the developer support department.

We don’t know if Geohot took up Watson on his offer, though the hacker did voice interest on his own Twitter account in recent weeks of purchasing a Windows Phone 7 device out of pocket. Either way, it’s a fresh change of events considering Apple and Sony’s current views on the matter.

Via: MCV UK