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The Windows Phone Store was used to digitally distribute music, video content, podcasts, and third-party applications to Windows Phone handsets. The store was accessible using the Zune Software client or the Windows Phone Store hub on devices (though videos were not downloadable through the store hub and must be downloaded and synced through ...
Windows Phone Store supported credit card purchases, operator billing, and ad-supported content. The store also featured a "try-before-you-buy" option, where the user had an option to download a trial or demo for a commercial app. [2] Other features are said to be similar to Windows Phone Store's predecessor, Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
At its Build 2018 event on May 7, 2018, Microsoft presented the Your Phone app, which allowed users to use their PCs to see recent photos on their Android based phones, and to send SMS messages. [12] Your Phone was released as part of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809), as a replacement of the legacy Phone Companion app. [13]
Windows 10 was released with an updated version of the Windows Store, which merged Microsoft's other distribution platforms (Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone Store, Xbox Video and Xbox Music) into a unified store front for Windows 10 on all platforms, offering apps, games, music, film, TV series, [13] [14] themes, [15] and ebooks. [16]
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps [1] (formerly named Windows Store apps, Metro-style apps and Modern apps) [2] are applications that can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices. They are primarily purchased and downloaded via the Microsoft Store , Microsoft's digital application storefront.
TechRewards (previously DVLUP) is a developer programme by Microsoft Mobile (originally Nokia) [157] that encourages developers to make Windows Phone Store and Windows Store (and formerly Nokia Asha, and Nokia X) [158] [159] applications and rewards developers who update and create applications. The DVLUP platform exists to increase visibility ...
Windows 10 Mobile is the fourth and final generation of Microsoft Mobile's Windows Phone mobile operating system, succeeding Windows Phone 8.1. First released in 2015, it was marketed by Microsoft as being an edition of its PC counterpart — Windows 10 .
Second generation Windows Phone comes pre-installed with the Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" version of Windows Phone or later. All devices in this list feature a single-core processor, a 480 x 800 WVGA resolution screen, and (except for the HTC Radar) a built-in digital compass. Due to the change of requirements, some second generation devices have ...