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Microsoft to kill Windows Market website and My Phone services
By siliconindia
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Friday, 10 June 2011, 19:33 IST |
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Bangalore: Microsoft has declared in an email to Windows Mobile 6.x users that it will be discontinuing Windows Marketplace for Mobile website and My Phone services, starting from July 15.However no clear notification has been made by Microsoft for this move.
Microsoft has finally decided to stop accepting new apps for the Windows Mobile platform. The Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site at http://marketplace.windowsphone.com will no longer be available and users will not be able to browse, buy or download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x phones via the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site.
Starting from August 7, 2011, the My Phone service will stop saving content from phones to the My Phone service. Microsoft will begin moving My Phone content to Windows Live SkyDrive and users can access the content by logging into the skyDrive using the windows Live ID that one uses to register for the My Phone service. It will help you access and share your files such as photos and Microsoft Office documents, contacts, calendar entries, text messages and photos.
However in case of videos, music, documents and favorites will not be moved from My Phone to SkyDrive, the only option for securing these is saving it from the My Phone service to your local PC.
On October 6, 2011, the My Phone web site at http://www.microsoft.com/myphone will no longer be available. On this date, you will no longer be able to log in to the My Phone service to access your content stored to the My Phone service.
My Phone is a cloud server based data backup services for Windows Mobile 6.x devices which was introduced in the early 2009.
