Microsoft officially announced today that they are ready to accept applications for their Windows Marketplace smartphone app store. This will go on air as soon as Windows Mobile 6.5 becomes available to the general public. Those among you who are professional developers can click here to know more about the Windows Mobile for Developers website.
Microsoft will also be organising a contest called The Race to Market Challenge, which plans to offer winning developers huge prizes like the developer edition of the Microsoft Surface touchscreen table, which is currently used by companies such as AT&T. More info about this competition will be available at the official contest site, later today.
Motorola has now officially announced MOTODEV, a set of development tools for Android. This will enable developers will early access to Google’s Android development tools, pre-release access tools and even a whole online support community. This itself indicates that Motorola now plans to concentrate on fully exploiting Google’s mobile OS.
Moto additionally mentioned that it would also offer Android apps through its very own online marketplace. Developers picked up by Motorola stand to receive invitations to the MOTODEV summit, designed to bring together developers the world over.
Click here to find more information on the MOTODEV program.
We have already told you a lot about the HTC Hero, HTC’s Android smartphone. We now have a video walkthrough of the HTC Hero and Sense UI. Check it out and let us know what you think.
