Microsoft Opens Windows Marketplace For 6.0/6.1 Phones

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A bit of positive news for those folks still out of the Windows Mobile 6.5 party (especially those XPERIA X1 owners…), the Windows Marketplace is now open to handsets sporting WinMo versions 6.0 and 6.1.

With over 20,000 applications for Windows phones now available in the Marketplace, Microsoft humourously suggested their lower numbers and better selection to be based on offering quality rather than quantity (looking at you, App Store!).

The range of titles varies from productivity to gaming as well as the usual selection of timewasters, whilst the pricing tends to fluctuate more as well as starting a little more pricey than Apple’s wares.

Microsoft states that “roughly 90%” of the software available will be compatible with Windows phones running 6.0 and 6.1.

The choice to download software over either the phone or the PC is a nice Apple-matching touch, as well as the 24 hour ‘return’ policy for those applications which turn out to be a bad impulse purchase…

Get Marketplace for your Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 device from here on your computer, or directly download it from mp.windowsphone.com on your phone’s browser.

Tags: 6.0, 6.1, windows, windows mobile, windows mobile 6.0, windows mobile 6.5