Microsoft to announce app store at Mobile World Congress

According to the FT, Microsoft will seek to counter the rising popularity of Apple’s mobile “App Store” with the announcement on Monday at Mobile World Congress of plans for a similar service to make it easier to load applications onto smartphones.

... However, with the Microsoft version of an App Store still some way from being launched, and a more complete overhaul of the Windows Mobile platform delayed until next year, the announcements will do little in the short term to counter Apple’s early lead in the latest generation of mobile technology.

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