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Nokia to optimize apps and games for Tango’s 256 MB RAM

May 302012

An excellent model, Windows 610 was sold in no time. Little were we aware that Windows has issued a statement restricting “few” apps on the device. Now that we know that this “few” includes hottest games ever: Angry Birds!!!

Nokia and Microsoft are covering the fact under the news that assures of a version of Angry Birds specifically optimized for Windows Phone Tango’s 256 MB RAM. Editor-in-chief, Heidi Lemmetyinen of Nokia Conversations blog said:

While the app is not available as yet, we are positive to announce the release date soon.

As they say: “There is a silver lining behind a dark cloud”. We just hope the dark clouds give way to the light on the other side.

Thanks Nokia for being so considerate!!

FALCON: Microsoft’s test to pre-load apps in the Windows Phone

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Apr 172012

Tired of the time consuming applications download on your Windows Phone??

Microsoft’s mobile computing research center is working on a project keenly to rescue you from the trouble. Starting from the context-based application launch solution to the managing the background apps.

Now is the time when the phones get brainy. The system in the phones will predict which apps to be launched based on the cumulative data already stored earlier. The system works by analyzing variety of app usage context.

The system is called FALCON- Fast App Launching with Context, and is a part of the Microsoft Research project known as “Context Data OS” or ConDOS.

Apart from the rigorous data analysis, the research team is using the “learning algorithm” for better learning of WHEN and WHICH apps to load. The results of the analysis are commendable; however the wait cannot be ascertained.

Let’s hope and keep our fingers’ crossed for the hardworking Microsoft team for a speedy delivery of the relief. The below video is for your eyes only

Windows Phone Marketplace hits the 35,000 app mark

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Oct 272011

It’s official. The Windows Phone Marketplace now officially has 35,000 apps, though a sizeable portion of the said number is useless/junk apps like fart apps and bookmark apps.

Now the statistics.

The number of approved developers is somewhere around 9500. This should surely cross 10,000 mark soon.

More than half of the share of current apps (52%) belongs to the free category, followed by trial (16%) and Paid (31%). Games make up 16% of total apps available, with reference materials and books making up 15%.