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Marketplace Expansion (Image courtesy of WPCentral)
Microsoft have expanded their MarketPlace to an extra 5 countries; The new territories are Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines, which makes 41 countries so far with the official Marketplace, which developers in those regions can now submit apps and games.
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So how many of you all will start using Marketplace now ?
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In a recent review of a Racing game from the WM Marketplace we came across a disturbing practice by one particular developer. When a customer is looking for apps / games from the marketplace they usually have to go by the description of the app , the screenshots and user reviews. Since the Marketplace is not very popular among WM users the user review part of that gets thrown out the window. So as we see it the Screenshots of the app plays a very important part in making the decision as to purchase the app or not.
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Here is the Windows Marketplace for Mobile: Application Submission Walkthrough Video
Screenshots after the Break ( Big thanks goes to HermsSoftware for those )
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Application submissions from all 29 supported countries have begun and to kick things off Microsoft have launched a Race to Market Challenge
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iPhone Development lure
There was some interesting post by Cristine Gonzalez over @ venturebeat.com. The first one goes by the title ” iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers “. They try to point out developers are missing out when they choose to ignore the other platform and concentrate on the iPhone.
Then the developers had their say as to why they choose iPhone development over Symbian, Windows Mobile and the other players. You can read some of the reactions over @ another post titled ” Mobile app developers fire back: Nokia sucks! ”
A lot rests with the new Marketplace for Windows Mobile, that will be shipped with WM6.5. I believe it will be a make or break turning point for the future of Windows Mobile. Apple has put a lot of work in to the iPhone and many of the drawbacks has been dealt with ( not yet but with the release of version 3.0 of their firmware ) but there are still some drawbacks like no background process, etc. As a user of both Windows Mobile and the iPhone, I feel that the iPhone is looking more and more attractive as the days goes by. What do you guys think ?
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Skymarket
The Windows Mobile development team posted some more details on Skymarket which is officially known as Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The Windows Marketplace will have these features:
Looks like after Apples huge success with the App Store , every one wanna jump on to the bandwagon, and its not just Microsoft
Nokias Ovi Store
PocketGear App Store for Symbian
Android Market
Palm Software Store
BlackBerry Applications Center – Is still in the works
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SAHITYA KUMAR: Is dis app available in indian market place..? [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
PADDY: Thank NOOK for something this cool and slip looking. I was losing hope for Windows developers :S [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
schlubadub: Yawn, they should think about extending Nook to other countries first. I can’t get any of this in Australia (even via web). [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Nick: Nice work, cool ideas. Now, let’s hope MS has something to say in the joint-venture since B&N is not paying any attention to designers. In some ways, MS Reader was ten times better...
fatfingur: I’m not saying this mockup is legit or real. My only point is that using comic sans does not make you unprofessional. Balsamiq is a professional wireframing tool used by pros....
simphf: One paragraph reads ‘NOOK for Android’. Ha [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Hog: Almost forgot, are you going to enter the Nokia X Challenge for over 2 million in prize money? The info.is at Nokia Conversations and with your IT background. Lots of ideas swirl around in my... Hog: Very nice. I’m not familiar with the Nook at all for content but I really like your design. I hope the Barnes app is made available for all windows phones also. [Posted from the...
Richard Clubb: Where are the rest of the teams”
moe1up: Nice work. Make me consider reading more if it looks this nice.
