Windows Mobile devs should start dotting their I's and crossing
their T's, because Microsoft's going to be ready to take a good,
hard look at their latest and greatest apps come the 27th of this
month when the company finally swings open the doors to the
submission processes for inclusion in the Windows
Marketplace. The announcement has been made at Microsoft's
Worldwide Partner Conference this week as it gears up for an
onslaught of devices running WinMo 6.5 at retail later this year,
though the retail channel might not be where much of the action
lies; unlike the Apple App Store, the Android Market, Palm's App
Catalog and others, Microsoft is putting major emphasis on a
segment of Windows Marketplace it's calling the Business Center
where corporate-focused apps and utilities will have a place to
live. Boring, yes -- but probably also very profitable in the
business fleet market segment where WinMo tends to thrive.
Though the company had previously indicated that Windows
Marketplace would be a 6.5 exclusive, we've got great news for
legacy device owners who don't expect to get an upgrade: Microsoft
has also announced today that the Marketplace will be coming to
WinMo 6.0 and 6.1 before the year's out. Considering that 6.5 won't
be hitting the street until fall, that's not too bad of a wait; now
all it needs is a
rich catalog of great software to go along with the great
hardware some of its partners are producing, right?
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Windows Marketplace taking app submissions on July 27, coming to WinMo 6.0 and 6.1 later this year
Google: we're cool with Exchange on Google-branded Android phones
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Okay, this gets a bit confusing, so bear with us. Back when HTC
first unveiled the Magic, the company said that any Android device
with a customized build -- and that includes adding support for
Microsoft Exchange --
has to drop the "with Google" logo as per Google's rules.
Indeed, that notion seemed to be validated by the all the
international Android phones that had Exchange but no branding.
Cut to present day and the T-Mobile's myTouch 3G, which
looks to have both the
"with Google" backing and
Exchange support, contrary to previous assertions. Did the
search engine giant soften its policy? We spoke with a company
representative who told us, surprisingly, that it has "never been
Google's policy" to deprive its branded devices of Exchange
support, and that if another phone maker wants to add it and keep
that logo plastered on the phone, that's A-OK. In all honesty, we
never really put too much stock into the Google logo on the phone,
but if it's really just been one huge misunderstanding that's
prevented our G1 from having Exchange, well, we're gonna be quite
nonplussed for many weeks to come.
[Via: Engadgetmobile ]
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iPhone 3GS prototype scooped up at airport, now on eBay
Seriously folks, what's up with these
prototype iPhones falling out of nondescript white vans and
ending up on eBay in the shadiest of manners? Just months after we
saw an
original iPhone prototype (ancient OS included) pop up on The
'Bay, now we've got one of the world's first iPhone 3GSs on there
as well. According to the highly ranked eBay seller, the "guy" he
"got it from" actually stumbled upon it at an airport, and rather
than doing the nonsensical thing of hitting up lost and found, he
decided to make the most of the sudden opportunity. According to
the new owner, an Apple Genius has confirmed that it is an iPhone 3GS, but
due to its prototype nature, they can't help him get past the
"Connect to iTunes" screen. In other words, it's an incredibly rare
brick. If that sounds like just the thing to complete your
collection, you can visit the road to overpaying through the read
link below.
[Via: Engadgetmobile ]
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