Microsoft To Shut Down App Store For Windows Mobile 154
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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M$ Fails, America wins! (Score:1, Insightful)
A bit off topic (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:A bit off topic (Score:5, Insightful)
I think the last sentence should read... (Score:5, Insightful)
Translation:
The move should serve as a warning to customers considering purchasing a Windows Phone 7 phone about future support prospects, with the impending release of Windows 8 based phones.
Just one more way of many that Microsoft/Nokia have screwed up their marketing message
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Re:Forgiving Microsoft (Score:5, Insightful)
Microsoft is forgivable for several reasons
None of which really make up for the shit they did.
MS has no commitment (Score:4, Insightful)
You know why MS can't break it into the markets that Apple is dominating?
They have no commitment, no follow thru. None at all.
Zune? gone. Windows Mobile shit? gone. each generation didn't work with the next, and since they have no problem scrapping things, no one wants to commit.
MS Kin? Not supported when released.
MS tablets? they have those? rofl!
The only thing MS has had any commitment to is their main software. Windows OS and Windows Office. If MS showed the sort of commitment they put to those items in any other market, they might actually do okay.