How to Save Your Windows Mobile Apps Before the Marketplace Closes

On May 17th (this Friday), Microsoft will be closing down the Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x. This was a pretty short-lived endeavor that made app purchasing and downloading a bit easier on the old Windows Mobile compared to having to manually download installation files, copy them to your device, and install them from there. You could easily access the Windows Mobile Marketplace both from the on-device app as well as the web browser. If you’re …

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The “There Aren’t Enough Apps” Mantra

Ever since Windows Phone Mango brought a huge amount of features that many were missing from the original release, the general mantra of those unwilling to switch to Windows Phone full time has been “There Aren’t Enough Apps”.  Of course, that’s a relative term though and compared to the app library on the iPhone and Android Markets the Windows Phone Marketplace certainly doesn’t have quite as high of an app count. But how many is …

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