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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 sensationull · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuckers, I am upset, I don't know about the other guy :)

    The phone is still good though and still does 90% of what phones 3 years newer do. On the plus side it does not actually need an app store as you can just get apps from anywhere but the supply of new apps is dwindling fast.

    Still I refuse to get an iPhone and I am no fan of Windows 3.1 (Android interface). I may just wait till W8 phones show up as I don't trust them to upgrade the WP7 devices to Apollo.