Category Archives: Windows Phone 7 Apps

Ham Radio Licensing — Practice Exams!

I may have mentioned in this space that I have been working on three new apps, practice exams for Amateur Radio licensing. Well, after getting the Fraction Calculator squared away I am getting back to work on them. There will … Continue reading

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Brain-dead App Marketing

Earlier today I was listening to Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy Podcast, Show #740, and there were two callers taking about the marketing of their iPhone apps, as well as some comments made by Chris Marquardt, one of Leo’s regular … Continue reading

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Finally Got My Product Website Up

I’d been ignoring the marketing aspect of this whole thing, but I have finally built the first cut of my product website and deployed it.  It’s a bit simple, and there’s less actual information about my apps than will be … Continue reading

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2479 Apps in the App Store

I just now checked via Bing, and the total number of WinPhone7 apps in the App Store is 2,479.  On November 11, according to Paul Thurrott there were over 1,600.  So, in 10 days there have been about 879 apps … Continue reading

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My newest app: Decimal2Fraction Converter

My third submitted app for Windows Phone 7 has been submitted to the App Hub!  It’s actually been in there for testing already, but there was something wrong with the .xap file that I submitted and it didn’t work.  This … Continue reading

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Fraction Calc gets first sale!

Fraction Calc passed its testing this morning, and was placed into the App Store.  I am happy to report its first sale!  At 20:38 this evening.  I know this because I put a “phone home” routine into the app which … Continue reading

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Fraction Calculator Resubmitted to App Hub

Well, I got my Fraction Calculator resubmitted to the App Hub, and so we’ll see how fast that goes through.  I actually could have put it through again faster, but by oversight left it sitting on Ready for Submission.  Constantly … Continue reading

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Coin Tosser Accepted and Published!

Good news this morning, and that is that my Coin Tosser app has been accepted and will be published!  I didn’t make it free, but it only costs 99 cents.  Maybe I can make a couple bucks with it.  We … Continue reading

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My First Two Apps Are Submitted

As of tonight I have submitted my first two apps to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, the App Hub. These are: CoinTosser FractionCalc I’m going to give ConvertPlus, the most complex and “serious” app (in terms of time spent), a … Continue reading

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The Coin Tosser App

The process of getting things ready for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has Microsoft accepting select apps for advance consideration in the Marketplace.  Developers with apps ready to go have been invited to present information about their apps via email.  … Continue reading

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