This is the fifth part in our seven-week series of 7for7, seven reasons to wait for Windows Phone 7 debuting later this Fall.
If you think that Apple and Google have taken the reigns on making applications for their mobile devices, then… well, you’re probably mostly right. But that doesn’t mean that Microsoft doesn’t have a trick or two up its sleeve to give its customers what they want. And according to buzz and general sense, what people want are apps. And lots of ‘em!
It’s no secret that most people are expecting the usual–like Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Netflix, and so on. In fact, all of those have already been demoed sans Facebook. Including Flixter, Foursquare, Travelocity, AP Mobile, and a myriad of others.
But most importantly is how easy developing for the Windows Phone platform could actually be. Microsoft has released their developer tools and they come at a pretty penny. Pretty because there’s no pennies involved, that is. That’s right, they’re free. Well, unless you want to actually submit the application to the Marketplace, and let’s face it: you probably will if you’re a developer. Then there’s a $99 premium. More so, many applications are widely built in Silverlight.
Quite obvious, the phone part of phones have to be amazing but there’s not doubt that what it can do also sells it. And if you think Windows Phone will have trouble in that department, stop your worrying. Apps are coming to Windows Phone 7 and many of them. Even fart apps, I’m sure of it. (And perhaps a Zunited app, we’ll keep you posted.)
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7for7 series:
#7: August 24th - Windows Phone Live, SkyDrive, and the cloud
#6: August 31st - Carrier variety
#5: September 7th - Hardware and devices
#4: September 14th - Zune
#3: September 21st – Apps and easy app development
#2: September 28th – TBA
#1: October 5th – TBA
Special: October 11th – Microsoft keynote & Windows Phone event
