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Microsoft's Smartphone Software Store Expands to Windows Mobile 6.1, 6.0
PUBLISHED: Monday, November 16, 2009
Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's on-device app store for smartphones, was once available only for devices running the latest version of Windows Mobile, but support has now been extended to models running previous versions.

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Palm Demos Graphical webOS Development Tool
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm demonstrated an upcoming development tool for webOS apps yesterday. This graphical tool has been designed to simplify the process of making software for devices like the Palm Pre and Pixi.
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Nokia Phasing N-Gage Gaming Network into the Ovi Store
PUBLISHED: 10/30/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
After several years of lackluster performance, Nokia's gaming network, N-Gage is officially being merged into the Ovi Store, with the N-Gage brand and social network being shuttered late next year.
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Catalog of webOS Apps Now Available on Palm's Site
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has answered the requests of many, and created an online listing of all the third-party webOS software that's on the market. Previously, this information could only be found in the on-device App Catalog.
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Sony PSP Go Review
PUBLISHED: 10/12/2009  BY: Jen Edwards
The PSP Go is the latest in the PlayStation Portable family. This mobile gaming device is smaller than its predecessors, and has a sliding design. It forgoes the UMD drive in favor of 16 GB of built-in memory. Jen Edwards brings us this review.
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MotionApps Classic Palm OS Emulator Gets HotSync Support
PUBLISHED: 10/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
MotionApps has just released a new version of its Palm OS emulator for the Palm Pre that brings HotSync support to this webOS-based device. Other enhancements are also included.
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Palm's App Catalog Finally Includes Paid Software
PUBLISHED: 10/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm's on-device software store has passed an important milestone -- the first for-pay app has been listed. This is expected to lead to a significantly larger amount of webOS software available for users of the Palm Pre.
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Astraware Solitaire and Sudoku Now Available for Android
PUBLISHED: 10/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Astraware's two of our most popular games - Solitaire and Sudoku - have now been released for a new platform, Google's Android.
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Downloads from Apple's App Store Top Two Billion
PUBLISHED: 9/29/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Apple has announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store since it launched in mid-2008.
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Microsoft's Software Store Will Debut at Launch of Windows Mobile 6.5
PUBLISHED: 9/16/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Microsoft has confirmed that its upcoming software store will be on devices running Windows Mobile 6.5 when they launch next month. It has also revealed that Microsoft will be able to remotely remove applications from users' devices.
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More webOS Software Added to the App Catalog
PUBLISHED: 9/11/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pre has an on-device software store, but this is still a beta and there are only a few apps available. However, a few more have been added.
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Palm's App Catalog Will Soon Include Paid Software
PUBLISHED: 8/18/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pre's on-device software store currently only allows free apps, but that's about to change. Palm, Inc. has just begun a beta of its system to allow developers to charge for their software.
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RIM Introduces a New Version of Its On-Device Software Store
PUBLISHED: 7/31/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
RIM has just released BlackBerry App World 1.1, and while the latest version of its on-device software store has some new features, it's missing a significant one that was rumored earlier this week.
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