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So fore those of us who still hold on to our windows 6.5 phones either by choice or its what we are stuck with until a upgrade is avalible here is an artical to read.
No more new apps in Windows Mobile 6.5 Marketplace after July 15th
May 24, 2011print
People who still use Windows Mobile 6.5 devices will be receiving a kick in the butt to upgrade their phones soon. Well, indirectly of course. Microsoft has announced that as of July 15th, 2011, developers will no longer be able to submit new apps to its Windows Marketplace for Mobile ¨C the store where WM 6.5 users get their apps from.
¡°While apps will still be available for sale, it will not be possible to modify prices, metadata or other information, and apps can only be removed from the market by contacting the support team. While sales and download reports will also still be available, and developer payments will be made as normal,¡± according to Microsoft.
The Windows Marketplace for Mobile currently serves 2,364 apps by 735 publishers, and it hasn¡¯t been growing much over the past few months. With Windows Phone 7 being Microsoft¡¯s current basket full of eggs, they¡¯re determined to do all they can to push it in today¡¯s smartphone market. Windows Phone 7¡äs Marketplace already offers over 11,000 apps after being launching late last year. Windows Marketplace for Mobile has been around since October 2009.
There¡¯s no word if Microsoft will eventually shut down the Marketplace for Mobile, but don¡¯t be surprised if they do.
http://www.gadgetsgeek.ly/2011/05/24/no-more-new-apps-in-windows-mobile-6-5-marketplace-after-july-15th/
Now fore my comments, yes I am very aware that windows 6.5 is diing off but some of us still have a 6.5 windows phone and do not have the funs to just jump cariers when we please. Also I liked the flexability that windows mobile 6.5 gave me just down load active sink, cut or copy and then paste away all my music no need fore a program like Itunes to manage my stuff. Oh if I want to go to a third party app store I can do so. :). So with that said I guess its time to flash my HD2 to an android platform when code factery is able to lose the need fore any physical navigation.
and windows phone 7 is being bashed by the blind.
I no longer have a windows mobile phone, hints my status :)!!.
will mobile speak ever be compatible with windows phone 7?
who knows, Code factery has said that microsoft will not share the OS code so they can build a screen reader.
the latest versions of mobile speak have so far only been for nokia phones. darn!