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Microsoft To Shut Down App Store For Windows Mobile

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-an-app-store-falls-in-the-forest dept.

angry tapir writes "Microsoft will soon shut down the app store for Windows Mobile, the phone platform it is phasing out. Starting May 9, users of Windows Mobile phones won't be able to browse, buy or download apps to their phones from the Marketplace, Microsoft wrote in a letter to customers. The move doesn't affect users of Microsoft's new mobile OS, who will continue to be served by the Windows Phone Marketplace."

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  1. Re:Windows Mobile? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I still actually use Windows Phone 6.2 by HTC. It is actually really good phone and more open than any other phone platform, as you can run binaries for whatever source. Symbian used to be like this too, but it looks like everyone went the app store route in recent years.

  2. Re:Windows Mobile? by Tridus · · Score: 4, Informative

    It means they want to disparage Android in some way, but can't do it on the basis of sales since it's infinitely more successful then Windows Phone (and Windows Mobile for that matter, but unlike WP7 Windows Mobile was actually relevant in the market at one time).

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  3. Re:Still late to the game by afidel · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope, we know that WP8 will be based on the W8 ARM kernel and will run Metro apps, see here.

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