Codemasons’ Guild – Jumpstart Live Meeting #1 Q&A
Last Friday James McCutcheon, Jeff Alexander & I (DonK) hosted the first in the Codemasons’ Guild Jumpstart series. If you want to review the LiveMeeting or look at it for the first time – keep an eye out on www.codemasons.com.au it will be posted there in the next few days.
We had some fantastic questions asked through, and at the end of, the Live Meeting – and here’s the listing of a whole host of them;
Q
: Is there an upgrade available for existing 6.1 phones?
A: Updates to existing devices in market will be announced by our OEM Partners. At this point HTC have publicly stated that the HTC Diamond 2, HTC Touch Pro 2 and HTC Snap will be updateable to Windows Mobile 6.5.
Q: can you run My Phone side-by-side with an Exchange server configuration?
A: Yes, where a Windows Mobile (6 or greater) phone is configured for Exchange ActiveSync then that handles synchronisation of your Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Email. My Phone will then Sync/Backup other elements – SMS, Photos, Music, Video, Documents.
Q: Will Telco's have the ability to bar access to Marketplace?
A: No
Q: How much is the overall fees for the app submission ?
A: The sign-up fee at present is USD$99 for 5 applications – see developer.windowsmobile.com/maretplace.aspx for more information/details.
Q: When can we access the Dev. Portal?
A: Soon :)
Q: Is this a once off fees ?
A: 99 USD charge fee for 5 app signings
Q: If the application is available for free? what will Microsoft charge developer?
A: It will be charged as one of your signings
Q: At what points do i need to get my app signed? Obviously for initial registration, but what about subsequent updates?
A: Yes all updates need to be signed but not charged as one of your signings
Q: Is there any overlap or merging to be expected between My Phone and Live Mesh for mobile devices?
A: We don’t have any announcements to make about that today. My Phone is being delivered as a backup service for your life on your phone, it is available in beta today for Windows Mobile 6 and higher devices/
Q : Will a testing tool be available to developers to allow them to test their own app before submission?
A: Not at this time, it will be a manual process
Q: What are the requirements for registering for Marketplace - i.e. do you need to have a registered company - ABN, ACN?
A: No you do not need to have a registered company to sign-up for Marketplace.
Q: Will there be a rating/ranking system for apps on MarketPlace. If so, will the rating/ranking algorithm be transparent?
A: There will be a user ranking system
Q: Does the Marketplace support multi-developers/one-application or multi-developers/multi-applications scenarios?
A: The Developer Account on Marketplace will enable you to assign multiple team members/developers to a single account (allowing for one-app/multi-developer) or ISV/Companies to sign-up/
Comment: Thanks guys; very useful meeting
Comment: Cheers and May the Force be with you always.
DonK
