Windows Phone Camp - conference results
The Windows Phone Camp conference brought together over 500 developers, while about 14,000 people watched the event’s online broadcast. For comparison, the first event on the development of mobile applications for Windows Phone, a year ago, was attended by about 100 developers.
The conference also made several important announcements.
The conference also made several important announcements.
- It was announced that Softkey launched a special application placement campaign, according to which, from 05.09 to 20.10, the first 60 participants of the action can register for free in the Marketplace and post 3 free applications, and developers of paid applications can get an additional 5% of their applications.
- Microsoft also announced the "Windows Phone Evening School." They will be held on September 8, 15, 22 and 29 at the company’s office. School participants will learn in detail about all the intricacies of developing various applications, and will also be able to test their applications on real devices.
- From September 5 to November 4, Microsoft will host an application contest with WP7Rocks . Winners will be determined in several categories and will receive certificates from Softkey and HTC phones running Windows Phone.
- A new service, AppProfessionals.ru , has been launched , which will help Russian developers who can create applications for the Microsoft mobile platform find customers.