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These days the media, and investors, care about “apps”. Thanks to Apple, your platform, no matter how innovative, no matter how awesome, no matter how promising it appears to be, will be called out by douche bags around the world for not having over 100,000 applications, or whatever the official number is right now. It’s a fad, I’m sure of it, but it’s going to take a while for the rest of the world to reach that conclusion.
With that in mind, here is a list of companies who have committed to making applications for Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 Series platform, due out by the end of this year: The Associated Press, Archetype International, AWS Convergence Technologies (makers of Weatherbug), Citrix Systems, Clarity Consulting, Cypress Consulting, EA Mobile, Fandango, Foursquare, frog design, Glu Mobile, Graphic.ly, Hudson Entertainment, IdentityMine, IMDB, Larva Labs, Match.com, Matchbox Mobile, Microsoft Game Studios, Namco, Oberon Media, Pageonce, Pandora, Photobucket, PopCap Games, Seesmic, Shazam, Sling Media, SPB Software, Stimulant, TeleCommunications Systems, Touchality, Vertigo Software.
Notice a few of those names? They’re big development houses who make their software available on all the major platforms.
For more screenshots of some of the applications shown off today, check out Engadget. Our boy Will is at MIX all by himself and he’s drowning in a sea of press releases and sweaty bloggers, all pushing and shoving, trying to take a picture of Steve Ballmer’s sexy shiny head.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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