Okay, two crazy bits of
news here: first off, it seems
Samsung intends to start making
cellphones. Second, some of them will be running
Windows Phone 7! Insane, right? Okay, we kid, but Sammy is just now getting official with the news that it has licensed
Microsoft's upcoming mobile platform for its own purposes, and that the company "plans to launch several models based on Windows Phone 7 this year in the US,
Europe and
Asia." Of course, one of the most prominent WinPho 7 prototypes Microsoft has been trotting around this year has been a Samsung loosely based on the
i8910 HD, so this should come as... well, absolutely no surprise whatsoever. Follow the break for the full
press release.
Google expands Android's reach, accepting paid apps from 20 more countries, selling to 18 more
Android may be climbing the charts when it comes to
market share, and the Market may be quickly approaching the 100,000 apps mark, but the whole thing is hardly a global proposition. As of earlier this week, paid apps were able to be purchased in just 14 countries, submitted by developers of just nine nationalities. That changes now, with Google adding 20 countries to its list of approved submitters, meaning developers living in 29 nations are eligible to submit paid apps to the Market. Over the next two weeks the purchasing of those apps will be flipped on for users in 18 countries, 32 in all that will have the "buy" button enabled -- music to the ears of
Java app developers everywhere. Which flags are newly embracing app capitalism? We have the lists waiting for you below.
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