I've seen a log of praises and critiques over the published information on the Windows Mobile Marketplace. WMExperts.com made a post on the subject based on replies from a couple of developers. Here are a few quotes from it that I liked:
From some one at SpbSoftwarehouse.com:
"The reasons are clear – still a relatively small percentage of smartphone owners (including Windows phone owners) actually purchase software for their handsets, the reason being the complexity of the process itself, the uncertainty of success — will the ... paid-for application actually launch on your phone?"
From Resco:
"I think Windows Mobile Marketplace is a good idea. Resco really appreciates Microsoft's step. Such a system surely will shorten the way in which a user can download and buy applications."
From the freeware developer of ceTwit:
"I think the 5 application submissions a year is realistic," Koser writes. "I think it
will cut down somewhat on the "2-hours-to-develop, try-to-turn-a-quick-buck type applications that we are seeing in the iPhone AppStore, which isn't a bad thing.
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