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Windows Phone Homebrew Hits a Snag

Posted by Soulskill on from the freedom-for-some dept.

symbolset writes "TheNextWeb is reporting that the first official jailbreak for Windows Phone 7, ChevronWP7, has 'sold out' of tokens to enable homebrew application support. Only 10,000 tokens to jailbreak Windows Phones were ever granted. According to an announcement through ChevronWP7's Twitter feed, they're discussing whether they will ask Microsoft to make more available. With Lumia falling flat in Europe Microsoft needs all the enthusiastic modding fans they can get."

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  1. How much does MS pay you? by Cyberax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, basically, Lumia topped sales on one website for a few days. And another website had put into 'bestseller list' without releasing any numbers.

    Yeah, it really performs well. Maybe next month a "Joe's Web Store" site would put it into "Top Wishlisted" products.

    1. Re:How much does MS pay you? by Eirenarch · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't think that anyone expects Windows Phone to sell anywhere near Android or iPhone. They should not expect to sell even half of the iPhone numbers in the next 5 years. MS should go into Windows Phone with a strategy similar to Xbox which is "lose billions and after ~10 years we will be profitable and on the top"

  2. Re:Nokia Lumia by WiiVault · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Saw the username, looked at your endless troll submissions, ignore. If you aren't getting paid to do this it's even more lame.

  3. Re:The N9 is/was beauiful by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But your approach would bankrupt the company. Prior to Elop taking over, it was pretty damn clear Symbian, MeeGo/Maemo/Harmatten was doomed.

    I think you're right that Microsoft played some dirty tricks with Elop(the conflicts of interest are glaring), but I think you're wrong that WinPhone 7 is junk.

    The problem with Nokia is that they dont' have any clear vision. The N9 is clearly an example. If I was Elop anything that wasn't Windows Phone or feature phone would've had the axe immediately. Hell, I would axe shitty feature phones. I know the impact on emerging regions would be horrific, but, take the current designs, open them up to local firms and have them build it. It's clear that feature phones with slim margins isn't going to keep the company afloat.

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  4. Good for everyone. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The more they destroy their developer-base and show that they are unfriendly to developers, the more developers will avoid WP7. The net result being the suicide of WP7. This is great... well, except for the two people that bought a WP7 phone.

    You reap what you sow.

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