Microsoft Posts Details on Porting an iPhone App to Windows Mobile

**sanmanc** · #1 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 10:06 PM

Microsoft has posted a detailed case study in it's Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site on how to port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile 6.5. This guide was probably developed to allow current iPhone developers to port their apps to the upcoming Window Mobile Marketplace. Gripwire.com, a mobile and social application development company, was successfully able to port their Amplitude iPhone app to Windows Mobile according to MSDN.

Since the launch of iPhone OS, Android, and WebOS, Microsoft has lost ground on the mobile phone market. With the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft is making a push to regain lost ground and now with the ability to port the thousands of apps already available for the iPhone, and those already available for Windows Mobile, they are destined to make up lost ground. Many analysts have reported that Microsoft needs to do more than to open a app store and suggest developing their own hardware. Microsoft does not appear that they will be venturing in this direction but some rumors have begun floating around that Microsoft is looking at acquiring Palm.

For the development of this the developers used an HTC Touch Pro with a recent Windows Mobile 6.5 beta build. The HTC Touch Pro was chosen because of some of the hardware specs that Amplitude requires.

Microsoft plans on launching the Microsoft Window Mobile Marketplace late this year.

Source Microsoft MSDN
Special thanks to Darrell262

**mlin** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 10:21 PM

This is so cool! I was skeptical when thinking about WM making a strong comeback. I think the successful porting of iPhone apps to WM opens up a world of opportunities. No more worring about bringing developers back to WinMo or catching up with Apple's already expansive app store.

Rafy0003 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 10:34 PM

I totally agree, This should put us back on top, Although If Sprint get's the Htc Hero as rumored I am going to try Android, Tried Pointui and I wann try the real thing, but now we can rub our Tp in the Iphone user faces and slide our keboard and pull out out our Sd cards to stunt out.

Oh yea, Is there a link for this App yet?

PintozozDIAM · #4 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 10:41 PM

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu yeah!

take that iFags!

aaronvlee · #5 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 11:14 PM

"another one bites the dust!" Maybe all these "popular" adults can now realize that their iphone is just a graphics chip in a paper weight...let the revolution begin lol

drift365 · #6 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 11:20 PM

Its not the app store thats so great about the iphone. Its the hardware.

RockSta® · #7 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 11:28 PM

Lets watch as Microsoft glides its way back into the mobile OS market, lets watch as History is written, as Microsoft destroys the iphone and its affiliates.......muuhahahaahahahha....

Cant wait for this to get going, Man i hope WM7 kicks a§§

RockSta® · #8 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 11:31 PM

an iphone without the app store is like.........hmmmm.........an iphone without an app store!!!!

drift365 · #9 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 11:37 PM

and a windows mobile phone with an app store is still made by microsoft.

drift365 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 11:39 PM

I think that winmo getting an app store will be great. Installing programs without using a computer is very useful. But why do we need to port apps from the iphone? Winmo has many more apps than the iphone does already. Most of the apps from the iphone are already there.