Comments on: Windows Mobile Marketplace: Coming Soon http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2009/09/29/windows-mobile-marketplace-coming-soon/ Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software Sat, 25 May 2013 03:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ken http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2009/09/29/windows-mobile-marketplace-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-35487 Ken Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:11:49 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=1635#comment-35487 @Peter: Great points, Peter. The guidelines are actually quite clear and if an app is not approved, the test results will point to the section of the guidelines so you know exactly what the problem is. There is also no restriction at all about distributing apps outside of Marketplace. In addition to distributing via Marketplace, we plan to continue to make our apps available directly on our site and through mobile distributors.

@Kevin: The options for installing applications are all still there — but now users also have the option of purchasing an app from Marketplace.

]]> By: Kevin White http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2009/09/29/windows-mobile-marketplace-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-35485 Kevin White Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:57:36 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=1635#comment-35485 As an employee of Ilium Software, I routinely tell users how to install via .CAB files for support reasons. If MS removed that ability, that would stink.

I don’t know how many emails I send out each week that include, “Apple doesn’t let us/you/anyone do this, that, or the other thing.”

On the other hand, I have an iPhone and love it. :( :) As a user, I don’t really run into many limitations on my iPhone that really annoy me, but as technical support for a company that makes iPhone software, I run into them constantly.

]]> By: Peter http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2009/09/29/windows-mobile-marketplace-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-35482 Peter Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:42:16 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=1635#comment-35482 Looking forward to it for some things. Maybe it will encourage the WM community again and perhaps even get us some newer apps for the WM devices. Lately everything’s been heading to the iPhone (and I can’t blame the community for that – it has a lot of visual appeal). I just hope that MS has some pretty clear guidelines about app approval that won’t leave developers in limbo about whether or not their app will be approved or if it’s just slated for a decline no matter what. I also hope that MS won’t remove the ability to install apps from outside of their marketplace. That’s a very strong feature of WM right now and one I hope we get to keep.

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