Microsoft announces a Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series


At MIX 2010 which is a MS developer event , Microsoft showed showcased its shiny new Windows Phone Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 Series phones.

Some of the features of the Marketplace are

  • Panoramic design
  • Supports one-time credit card purchases, mobile operator billing and advertising-funded applications.
  • Customers can try applications before buying them
  • Developers can cross-promote their applications through deep linking.

Some of the companies which will be creating applications and games for Windows Phone 7 Series are

  • The Associated Press
  • Archetype International Inc.
  • AWS Convergence Technologies – WeatherBug
  • Citrix Systems Inc
  • Clarity Consulting Inc
  • Cypress Consulting
  • EA Mobile,
  • Fandango Inc
  • Foursquare Labs Inc
  • frog design inc
  • Glu Mobile Inc
  • Graphic.ly
  • Hudson Entertainment Inc
  • IdentityMine Inc
  • IMDb.com Inc
  • Larva Labs
  • Match.com LLC
  • Matchbox Mobile Ltd
  • Microsoft Game Studios
  • Namco Networks America Inc
  • Oberon Media Inc
  • Pageonce Inc
  • Pandora Media Inc
  • Photobucket Inc
  • PopCap Games Inc
  • Seesmic
  • Shazam Entertainment Ltd
  • Sling Media
  • SPB Software Inc
  • stimulant
  • TeleCommunications Systems Inc
  • Touchality
  • Vertigo Software Inc

The big ones are AP, EA Mobile m Seesmic ,Shazam, IMDB

We just got a mailer from Microsoft about the announcement and looks like the developer website is down at the moment. Will update you with more info soon !


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