Comments on: Windows Mobile Will Open Up Its App Store To Developers Soon. Will They Bite?

By: Pocosin » Hardware, Services, or both?

Pocosin » Hardware, Services, or both? — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:40:05 +0000

[...] see, Apple has iTunes, Nokia has Ovi, Microsoft has (well, they are developing an App Store), Blackberry has AppWorld, and Android has [...]

By: rey

rey — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:16:31 +0000

$99 each time you submit an app. Then when Microsoft fails your app, $99 to re-submit. This so-called “app store” will fail. It is inevitable. It cannot compete.

By: Technically Philly » Ten Philadelphia iPhone apps that don’t exist but should | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:55:01 +0000

[...] after the jump, find the 10 Philadelphia iPhone (or Windows mobile) apps that should exist, but don’t and probably never [...]

By: I’ll be back – i wraca zły i niedobry Microsoft | Press Room

I’ll be back – i wraca zły i niedobry Microsoft | Press Room — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:02:02 +0000

[...] Uruchamia program dla developerów aplikacji Windows mobile – kolejna szansa dla programistów na zarobienie pieniędzy. Wprawdzie wątpię aby inicjatywa ta mogła zagrozić w jakikolwiek sposób Apple, ale MS pokazuje, że niedługo może być gotowy na pojedynek. [...]

By: I’ll be back – i wraca zły i niedobry Microsoft | Press Room

I’ll be back – i wraca zły i niedobry Microsoft | Press Room — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:02:01 +0000

By: Michael Price

Michael Price — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:47:34 +0000

Looks like Verizon is not going to play ball and will be launching their own AppStore. If AT&T doesn’t play nice either, GAME OVER MS (for the US anyways).

By: Windows Mobile、まもなくApp Storeをデベロッパー向けに開店。果たしてモノになるのか

Windows Mobile、まもなくApp Storeをデベロッパー向けに開店。果たしてモノになるのか — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:04:49 +0000

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By: Steffen Frost

Steffen Frost — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:44:57 +0000

All other (non-iPhone) mobile platforms need a third party development environments which can port a single application code base to many phones.

Microsoft, BB, Pre, Nokia, LG should start getting in line at Appcelerator’s door.

By: David Herman

David Herman — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:29:12 +0000

from the MS site.. “Marketplace will be pre-installed in every single Windows Mobile 6.5 device allowing you to reach a broad audience.” …. unless you happen to have Verizon http://www.enga...er-app-store-b/

By: Elías

Elías — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:48:37 +0000

Check out Rhodes:

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By: How We Know Chrome OS Will Be A Hit: Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Think So | Stoth

How We Know Chrome OS Will Be A Hit: Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Think So | Stoth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:35:03 +0000

[...] hardware, software and the killer App Store, has forced competitors to follow its model. Yes, even Microsoft. It’s also making Apple billions of dollars in revenue, and has expanded the OS X user base [...]

By: Apple boasts 1.5 billion App sales | iSawNEWS.com

Apple boasts 1.5 billion App sales | iSawNEWS.com — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:30:27 +0000

[...] its numbers on the same day that Techcruch notes Microsoft is expected to kick off its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans with an announcement of the opening of its mobile app developmer [...]

By: How We Know Chrome OS Will Be A Hit: Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Think So

How We Know Chrome OS Will Be A Hit: Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Think So — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:25:00 +0000

By: earthworm

earthworm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:07:30 +0000

Agreed, best of luck to Larry, Curly and WinMo.

By: Anand Iyer

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:55:13 +0000

We will be kicking off a set of MobileDevCamps in the coming weeks. The first of these is scheduled to be in Seattle : http://tr.im/wmdc

By: Alex Wilhelm

Alex Wilhelm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:30:25 +0000

Bing? XBox? MS Office? Do you even think? Oh, and the most popular OS ever?

By: Alex Wilhelm

Alex Wilhelm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:29:29 +0000

And he loves spamming the posts.

By: Andrew Sotzing

Andrew Sotzing — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:10:13 +0000

Maybe if MSFT gave out thousands of purdy new WinMo-loaded devices to Bay Area developers they’d gain a little more traction =)

By: Guias Local

Guias Local — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:54:29 +0000

Give it to Microsoft they really are trying this year.

By: Gracklaw

Gracklaw — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:46:47 +0000

I don’t see anything wrong with the icons. I actually like them. text and image bassed navigation looks much better than just plain text.

By: Mixed Bag For Windows Mobile Marketplace | Mobile Roar

Mixed Bag For Windows Mobile Marketplace | Mobile Roar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:31:55 +0000

[...] around the corner. Today is the 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans and many (like TechCrunch) are expecting the company to open up the mobile applications development program to developers [...]

By: fb500154417

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:19:35 +0000

Definitely agree. MS has a better chance than Palm because they have the user base already.

Palm basically had to start from scratch with the Pre.

By: Gracklaw

Gracklaw — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:18:06 +0000

get an rss reader, set it to download 10 minutes and you’ll get the article when it is posted that way you can be one of the 1st too

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:04:56 +0000

I don’t think it’s too little too late. Reach is important and MSFT has it.

By: Panache Desai

Panache Desai — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:18:50 +0000

Too little too late I don’t think it will be able to compete in general with web os or OS X for iphone.