Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Deal on Microsoft's App Store

Microsoft's App Store: Here's the Deal

Microsoft has unveiled further plans for its new app store called Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

PC World has all the details:“Like the iPhone App Store and Android App Market, Microsoft will give developers a 70 percent cut of app sales and will let them set their own prices. Developers will also be charged $99 annually to submit applications to WMM. The first year's fee will cover submitting up to five applications to the app store, and every program after that will cost $99 per submission. Student developers can submit applications for free through the Microsoft DreamSpark<https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx> program.

Apple also charges an annual fee of $99 to enter the iPhone Developer program, but charges $299 for companies with more than 500 employees.”

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