Microsoft will be launching their new application store, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, pretty soon and it's just been revealed the level of content that will be initially available. In an interview with MobiFrance (yes, that link is in French), Audrey Zolghadr, product manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft France, stated there would be about 600 applications ready for use.So, how is this in comparison with other offerings? Apple's App Store is leading the front, as it's been around the longest, with over 50,000 applications (although apparently some of those have been deleted since). Nokia's Ovi Store has "over 20,000 items", but of course most of that is not applications, but wallpapers and the like. Additionally, we have Palm's App Catalog which has barely any at all. What you have to remember, though, is that (according to PhoneArena) Windows Mobile has around 20,000 applications currently available anyway; that '600' figure only counts the ones that will be on the store, of course.
Microsoft has put together a video about developers and how they want them to start submitting applications right now (we've included it below). There's also the official website for doing so right here. Feel free to leave thoughts below, as per usual.
It's getting more developers interested (especially with the release of the NDK), it's also being embraced by more companies as their mobile OS.
It's getting more developers interested (especially with the release of the NDK), it's also being embraced by more companies as their mobile OS.
Because Android is not a major player, just a contender. How many Android phones are there on the market? 3?
Not many indeed, at least for now. Android is backed by the OHA (HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, T-Mobile... nVidia, Intel, Google). Some other companies are planning on releasing an Android based phone (Huawei, Archos, Lenovo,Sony Ericsson..).
Developers were limited by the language choice (Java) they had when first the SDK was released. But, with the release of the NDK, C/C++ developers got into the business.
Only a windows person would measure performance by how many models you have on the market. The more important questions is how many phones are there in peoples hands. That is what will bring the developers, and the money.
How many Windows Mobile devices can use this appstore? Is it only the ones with 6.5? How many is that, anybody have any ideas?
If Microsoft is doing this, going this far, taking this step... it's almost guaranteed they have intentions of coming out with a phone, or at the bare minimum of a device with the potential - there I go again with POTENTIAL - of having Zune multimedia capabilities as well as Windows Mobile core functionality.
Hot freakin' diggity... I'm psyched...
You should be able to run whatever Application you want on your PDAPhone not what the OEM decides is ok after raping the developer of the Application to host it in a glorified web-page. Honestly its a disgraceful practice it wouldn't fly on a desktop computer and it shouldn't on a portable one .
Its just a way to extort money from developer's/users and it sucks.
Last edited by bob21 on 28 Jun 2009 - 21:45
Handango has already built itself into something vaguely similar to Apple's App Store. You download their "InHand" app, and it periodically updates its own product catalog. I have no doubt they will continue in business even after MS' store launches.
Oh snaps! that ish's off the map!
edit: did any of you even watch it?
Code monster raps, upload your apps now!
M to the A to the R ! LOL
Last edited by basix on 28 Jun 2009 - 21:41
+1
Yes, but at least 95% of those 20,000 apps are absolute arse water.
I'm a WM user, have been since the old WM2002, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, but most of the apps for it suck camel toe.
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