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CardJoe · 2nd Sep 2008, 12:40

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...ch-app-store/1

Microsoft is to take a leaf out of Apple's book with the planned launch of a Windows Mobile application store dubbed "Skymarket"

Mankz · 2nd Sep 2008, 12:56

Why do the MS names have to be so ghay?

Skymarket? Meh!

liratheal · 2nd Sep 2008, 13:00

I wonder whether 'Skynet' was copyrighted..

ChaosDefinesOrder · 2nd Sep 2008, 13:32

it's fitting in with the (relatively) recent Skydrive online "USB key" by the sounds of it.

WinMo certainly needs something like this, is can be bloody hard to find some applications if all you have is an intended use/function and not a specific product name...

wuyanxu · 2nd Sep 2008, 13:45

i doubt MS's version of appstore will be as successful as Apple's Appstore. most importantly is the restrictions apple put on their platform, as mentioned in the article.

without restrictions, it'd be like opening a small jet of water in heavy rain, don't make much different. if under a roof, you open the tap, the room will be wet within no time

Liquid K9 · 2nd Sep 2008, 15:49

im getting a bit tired of ms playing second fiddle to apple, its a tired old trend that needs to change.

its just a store for programs.

wait a short while, amazon will have one too.

LA26 · 2nd Sep 2008, 18:35

If anything microsoft is playing third string while apple has "copied" what Blackberry has done but has just did it on a bigger scale.

Apple hasn't "invented" anything for years...that's what people like to tell themselves to justify over spending for a product that should be worth half the price.

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wuyanxu quad fuelled, GTX200 powered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: in a room near Soton Uni. UK Posts: 3,939	i doubt MS's version of appstore will be as successful as Apple's Appstore. most importantly is the restrictions apple put on their platform, as mentioned in the article. without restrictions, it'd be like opening a small jet of water in heavy rain, don't make much different. if under a roof, you open the tap, the room will be wet within no time __________________ Death to consolification !!!Core i7 860 @ 4Ghz Cooled by Corsair H50 // Asus P7P55D Deluxe // 8GB of Corsair Dominators @ 1528Mhz 8-8-8-24 // BFG gtx260+ OC2 MaxCore 216SP 896MB // Samsung 64GB SSD // WD Raptor 74GB + Black 1TB + Green 1TB // Corsair Hx620w // Antec p182 // Samsung 24" T240

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Liquid K9 Human programmer.. heh Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 3,111	im getting a bit tired of ms playing second fiddle to apple, its a tired old trend that needs to change. its just a store for programs. wait a short while, amazon will have one too. __________________ - Subverting reality since 1999

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LA26 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4	If anything microsoft is playing third string while apple has "copied" what Blackberry has done but has just did it on a bigger scale. Apple hasn't "invented" anything for years...that's what people like to tell themselves to justify over spending for a product that should be worth half the price.