Comments on: Windows Mobile takes shot at Apple App Store rejections

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[...] cold profit wise. Couple this fact with that developers are constantly getting their applications rejected for inclusion in the App Store with little feedback, delaying their launch dates and causing further financial pain as a result of [...]

By: Matias

Matias — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:00:31 +0000

No future!! for windows mobile, only Unix has future!

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By: YetAnotherPC

YetAnotherPC — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:39:40 +0000

“The mobile device lacks a pointer device which is why a similar approach like touch to tap instead of clicking with the mouse is so successful. Apple just got it first, wait till WM7 comes along.”

Apple didn’t invent touch screens, or even multi-touch screens as some people seem to believe. I think they were just the first the combine a multi-touch screen and silky smooth software into a small, thin device with decent battery life. A major accomplishment indeed, but they were standing on the shoulders of giants to get there. It’s also notable that Apple did not develop the technology (as far as hardware gos, at least) in their own iPhone, they acquired another company (called Finger-something, I can’t remember) and put their tech, plus a little of their own, into the iPhone’s touch screen.

By: YetAnotherPC

YetAnotherPC — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:33:16 +0000

Wait, aren’t you missing the point, Long? Microsoft is encouraging developers to make the best of their apps for Windows Mobile. I don’t really see the cheap shot that everyone is trying to point out (although I’ve only read a couple comments). The “app store” in this video is not intended to be either Apple’s nor Microsoft’s, but rather a generic app store designed to set a standard of hat your app should live up to. I think some of you guys have just interpreted it wrong.

By: beo

beo — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:17:08 +0000

“Firstly one thing to correct that its $US99 for 5 signings” — That is not true! It is $99 per submission, PERIOD. If you submit now before the app store goes live you get 5 free submissions when you first sign up. But those will be quickly used up by rejections and then you will be forking over $99 per submission and $99 per re-submission. And yes, if Microsoft rejects your apps you can still sell them on handango or something like that, but you’ve been able to do that for years, so that’s no plus at all. Microsoft’s weak attempt at an app store sucks, pure and simple.

By: James McCutcheon

James McCutcheon — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:43:03 +0000

Firstly one thing to correct that its $US99 for 5 signings but that aside the other benefit is although if Microsoft rejects your application from the marketplace it can still be sideloaded unlike the apple situation.

By: beo

beo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:19:42 +0000

Microsoft is rejecting plenty of apps themselves, and unlike Apple, Microsoft charges you $99 each time you submit, so Microsoft has a big incentive to fail your apps, namely that each time they do they get $99 and you get nothing. For Microsoft to claim that they want to make their app store because Apple is rejecting people’s apps too much is pure hypocrisy considering that Microsoft is charging people $99 each time they reject them and Apple is charging nothing!

By: Jonas

Jonas — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:30:37 +0000

Haha, let’s see if Microsoft is ending up throwing rocks in a glass house here.

Or are e.g. porn applications allowed on Windows Marketplace for Mobile?

By: Crapple

Crapple — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:51:11 +0000

The mobile device lacks a pointer device which is why a similar approach like touch to tap instead of clicking with the mouse is so successful. Apple just got it first, wait till WM7 comes along. It’s gonna be like the battle between Mac OS and Windows in the 90s if Microsoft gives all choice of hardware and an open way to put apps, Apple does it all locked down and closed.