August 7, 2013 at 10:33+1 billion downloads from the Windows Phone Store in six months
Today, a whole set of development news for the Windows Phone mobile platform.
Let's start with the most tangible - the growth of downloads of your applications in the Windows Phone Store.
Today, their total number has exceeded the mark of 2 billion downloads. What is especially nice - the second billion turned out less than six months after the first and 5 times faster than the first!
In addition, we made important innovations for both future developers and existing ones.
Beta Version of Windows Phone App Studio Now Available- A new tool for creating an application for beginners, it can be done right in the browser, and then downloaded to your phone without having to register as a developer, work with the source code and upload this personal application to the public Windows Phone Store.
All you need to do is select one of the ready-made application templates, configure the name, text fields, select resources (for example, RSS feed), upload the necessary pictures ... and the application is ready! If desired and necessary, you can download the source code of the resulting application and work with it further in Visual Studio.
When you (or your budding friends) are ready to download the application to Store, do not forget that a big summer discount is valid until August 26 - the cost of an annual subscription is only $ 19(instead of the usual $ 99).
Let me remind you that students and startups can get an annual subscription absolutely free - through the DreamSpark and BizSpark programs .
If you are already an existing developer on Windows Phone, now in case of problems or questions you can chat with the support service in real time via online chat .
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Of course, this feature is valid in English during a working day in the USA (and in China, but it’s hardly interesting to Habr’s readers :))
And finally, good news for developers from Kazakhstan (as well as Costa Rica, Cyprus, Lebanon, Malta and Trinidad and Tobago). Now you can place free and paid applications in the Windows Phone Store and receive earned money from the Store.
And users from 191 countries can download applications from the Windows Phone Store !
We will tell you all this and much more in more detail on September 12th at our big Windows Camp event - leave your application for registration right now!
Let's start with the most tangible - the growth of downloads of your applications in the Windows Phone Store.
Today, their total number has exceeded the mark of 2 billion downloads. What is especially nice - the second billion turned out less than six months after the first and 5 times faster than the first!
In addition, we made important innovations for both future developers and existing ones.
Beta Version of Windows Phone App Studio Now Available- A new tool for creating an application for beginners, it can be done right in the browser, and then downloaded to your phone without having to register as a developer, work with the source code and upload this personal application to the public Windows Phone Store.
All you need to do is select one of the ready-made application templates, configure the name, text fields, select resources (for example, RSS feed), upload the necessary pictures ... and the application is ready! If desired and necessary, you can download the source code of the resulting application and work with it further in Visual Studio.
When you (or your budding friends) are ready to download the application to Store, do not forget that a big summer discount is valid until August 26 - the cost of an annual subscription is only $ 19(instead of the usual $ 99).
Let me remind you that students and startups can get an annual subscription absolutely free - through the DreamSpark and BizSpark programs .
If you are already an existing developer on Windows Phone, now in case of problems or questions you can chat with the support service in real time via online chat .
. Of course, this feature is valid in English during a working day in the USA (and in China, but it’s hardly interesting to Habr’s readers :))
And finally, good news for developers from Kazakhstan (as well as Costa Rica, Cyprus, Lebanon, Malta and Trinidad and Tobago). Now you can place free and paid applications in the Windows Phone Store and receive earned money from the Store.
And users from 191 countries can download applications from the Windows Phone Store !
We will tell you all this and much more in more detail on September 12th at our big Windows Camp event - leave your application for registration right now!