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Ooh! and Aah! for Windows Phones
As
Microsoft is going bullish to push its Windows phone paraphernalia in
the market, it’s drawing more industry support. While EA Mobile, MySpace,
and Isaac Mizrahi are among early supporters of Windows phones, new
Windows phone applications are now available.
As
Microsoft wants to connect the PC, Web, and phone, it’s getting more
support for Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Marketplace for Mobile as
well as new applications for Windows phones, says the company.
Joining
a list of mobile developers, EA Mobile and MySpace announced plans to
deliver Windows phone applications through Windows Marketplace for
Mobile.
In
fact,
MySpace has decided to support Microsoft Windows
Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight. The new MySpace mobile
application, available this summer, will run on Windows phones and
utilize Silverlight, Microsoft’s free browser plug-in for rich Internet
application (RIA) experiences, into the MySpace Open Platform.
In his keynote address at International CTIA WIRELESS 2009,
Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at
Microsoft, will introduce an alliance with two design houses through
which fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi will demonstrate ways people can
customize their Windows phone to fit their personal style.
"Phones
are just as much a fashion statement as the clothes you wear," said
Mizrahi, fashion designer and TV personality. "As a designer, I'm
excited to team up with Microsoft to bring forth fresh and funky new
ways for people to make their Windows phones a part of their
personality. Cast aside your old black phone, and make this year about
color and fun."
Companies in different categories of mobile applications have come to
offer applications through Windows Marketplace for Mobile. They include
AccuWeather.com., The Associated Press, CNBC, Developer One Mobile
Software, EA Mobile, Facebook, Gameloft, Glu Mobile, Handmark, Ilium
Software Inc., Jeyo Inc., Kinoma, LiteScape, Magmic Games, Melodis
Corp., MySpace, Namco Networks, Netflix, Pandora, PhatWare Corp., Resco
s.r.o., ShoZu Inc., Sling Media Inc., SBSH Mobile Software, Spb
Software, Web Information Solutions Inc. and Zagat Survey.
Resulting applications will provide new gaming, social networking,
media, utility and personal productivity experiences for the next
generation of Windows phones. Windows Marketplace for Mobile, available
later this year, will provide another venue for people to get the
applications they want on their phone. Current Windows phone users
already have access to more than 20,000 applications through multiple
distribution partners, says Microsoft.
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