In yet another one of our new mobile app roundups, we’ve taken a reckless swan dive into the vast, burbling ocean of Windows Mobile software. Mozilla’s Fennec browser goes for a test run, VLC gets a remote, and more.
Remember how the Windows Mobile App Marketplace was going to let you share apps with up to five phones at no additional cost? Well, Microsoft has a very liberal definition of the word “sharing.”
Not much has been left to mystery with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile app store—we even know what it’ll look like. Now it has officially opened its doors to developers, and published all the rules.
Just so everyone’s clear up front, Microsoft has just come out with a list of twelve things they don’t want to see on the Windows Mobile Marketplace. It includes VoIP.
Here’s a couple screenshots of the Windows Mobile Marketplace, Windows Mobile’s app store, courtesy of a ppcgeeks forum member who accidentally got early access. It looks pretty much like we’d expect, really. [ppcgeeks via WMExperts]
Microsoft has dribbled out a few specifics about their upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace: an industry standard 70% dev commission, a familiar $US99 joining fee, and a somewhat pointed pledge of “transparency”.
If you wanted the unlocked $400 Android G1 phone but were reluctant because of its problems, the new 1.1 update fixes most, but still leaves the issue of running paid applications partially unsolved.
Is it any huge surprise that someone is already charging the maximum Android Marketplace price for a nonsensical, paid app? Or that the name makes reference to the $US1000 “I Am Rich” iPhone app? No.
Policy details regarding paid apps on the Android Market have come to light—the most notable of which being the fact that you have 24-hours to return an app if you are not satisfied.
