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Windows Market for Cellular, Microsoft;s equivalen towards the Apple;s iPhone App Retailer, opened for small business officially on October six with 246 applications.
Indeed, which is nowhere close to the additional than 85,000 apps within the App Retailer. But Microsoft officials claimed not to be discouraged by the disparity. At Microsoft;s consumer-focused open-house showcase in Ny City these days, corporation officials mentioned that the enterprise has 753 independent software vendors working on Windows Cellular ports.
Robbie Bach, the President of Microsoft;s Entertainment and Devices Unit, informed press and analysts that he was upbeat about Microsoft;s progress.
“Apple had less than 100 applications when it first launched its market,” Bach said. (I did a quick search and found a story claiming that number was actually closer to 500, when Apple launched its retailer in 2008.)
Bach also claimed it was “kind of goofy” to focus on the absolute numbers of applications in Microsoft;s Windows Mobile shop, since the real measure of success is how many of those applications get used.
Bach told press and analysts who attended a private roundtable that there are more than 20,000 applications available for Windows Mobile six and 6.1 phones — and even if the programs focused on specific business verticals and IT tasks are subtracted, there are still “tens of thousands” of Windows Cellular apps out there.
The newly launched Windows Market for Cellular at the moment only works with Windows Mobile six.5 phones, which launched nowadays. Microsoft officials have said the Marketplace will also be accessible to Windows Cellular six and six.1 phones before the end of the year. But that doesn;t mean the current crop of Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 apps get an automatic berth in the Windows Market; they still need to go through the certification and evaluation process.
Windows Live services – other than instant messaging — aren;t are going to get available via the Market. Windows Live Hotmail will be included with all Windows Cellular phones, but the some other Windows Live services will be available preloaded on select phones, since “operators are trying to monetize this space separately,” as Aaron Woodman, Director of Product Management for Windows Cellular advised me these days. (Note: Corrected my misunderstandings here.)
Microsoft also officially “turned on” the commercial version of its My Phone premium service for Windows Mobile users on October 6. (My Phone is the service formerly codenamed Skybox.) The final version of the service includes several new capabilities that were not part of the beta service. These are: Social networking integration: Direct access to Facebook and other social-networking services is available from the My Phone cloud.
Windows Cellular phones set to vibrate are able to get made to ring (at a high volume) via My Phone to help users locate lost phones.
Windows Mobile phones may be locked and set to post a message via My Phone. (Example: “MJF;s phone. $50 bucks for its return. Call xxx.”)
Windows Cellular phones may be located on a GPS map via the service (in case they are stolen or lost)
Windows Cellular phones may be wiped of data and reprogrammed remotely via My Phone. Windows Mobile six.0, 6.1 or six.5 users can access these services, which Microsoft considers to get a “premium pack” for free until Nov. 30, 2009. After that date,Windows 7 Professional, seven-day access towards the premium package will be available for purchase for $4.99.