Make 4 Windows Phone Apps = Get a Nokia Lumia

evolutionqy7

Become a Windows Phone App VIP, win a Nokia Lumia and much more!

So the deal is if you make 4 new apps and submit them to the marketplace before June 22nd you win a free windows phone. Simple as

http://www.microsoft.com/Ireland/AppMeUp/

The website basicly has all information available even if you never had designed application before for any platform or never did for Windows Phone.

This supposedly is the deal Microsoft and Nokia had to invest 25 million to accelerate the growth off apps, seems like a no brainer lets you earn money and earn a free phone

If your a student you can sign up through https://www.dreamspark.com/Product/Product.aspx?productid=26

Get a free licence for a year to be a developer and publish apps to the marketplace for free (otherwise its 99 euro for the year)

Atomic Pineapple

Would love to but after almost three weeks of trying it looks like the SDK and Visual Studio for Windows mobile wont install on my Windows Vista laptop. Weird and very very annoying.

srsly78

So they are paying about e100 per app? That isn't a very good deal

evolutionqy7

srsly78 wrote: »

So they are paying about e100 per app? That isn't a very good deal

Well go code on a different platform and you might not get nothing Depending on what your making.

You get a free phone and keep revenues of your own app. Seems like a sweet deal to me.

For some one who's familiar with coding for WP7 it should be a no brainer, or even porting iOS or Android applications as the tools are there to help ya port it and match various api's and stuff.

srsly78

There are no tools available to convert my android code to windows phone... What are you talking about? There aren't even tools available to convert my normal windows desktop stuff!

evolutionqy7

srsly78 wrote: »

There are no tools available to convert my android code to windows phone... What are you talking about? There aren't even tools available to convert my normal windows desktop stuff!

I never mentioned code, there are tools to help you port it.

srsly78

Porting involves rewriting code... You can easily port windows .net code to windows phone, but that's about it.

You mean tools to write it from scratch.

evolutionqy7

srsly78 wrote: »

Porting involves rewriting code... You can easily port windows .net code to windows phone, but that's about it.

You mean tools to write it from scratch.

Ech your hard to communicate with...

Maybe this will explain better what I mean. Its an old CNET post (outdated now) but will give some idea.

srsly78

That just means they have written good documentation.

evolutionqy7

srsly78 wrote: »

That just means they have written good documentation.

Whatever dude. I don't really care what you think. Tools are out there for some one to claim their free stuff and start developing. Weather starting fresh or coming from a different platform. Id thought id just share this.

So if you don't like it, click a button like this ->

srsly78

It really isn't that impressive evo. Competing platforms supply their tools for free already. Android registration costs e10 for life. This is just another lame marketing effort, like their "smoked by windows phone" thing.

I will however probably be releasing stuff for this. Only because I am developing for xna desktop stuff tho.

How many unsold windows phones does your shop have btw?

evolutionqy7

Seriously (ironic) how about you stop trolling the thread now with pointless replies, cause this is not the subject of the original post. The subject was to tell the devs or those who want to start of the offer.

Weather they want to take it up or not is their choice. Not yours

KoolKid

How about ye both stop & take this argument outside.
(or at least somewhere private)
This is going nowhere.