Confirmed: Marketplace will be the only way to get apps on Windo...

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 03/15/2010 - 13:40

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/wp7s-marketplace-ofc-1268665170.jpg digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Windows_Phone_7_apps_have_to_be_approved_by_Microsoft'; We just got out of a meeting with Microsoft's Todd Higgs, who dropped a little bombshell on us: the only official way to get apps on a Windows Phone 7 Series device will be to download them from the just-detailed Windows Phone Marketplace.

That means developers will have to abide by Microsoft's technical and content guidelines in order to make it in, with the very real possibility of rejection -- sound familiar?

Todd told us...

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