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Originally Posted by testacon
How does Windows Marketplace actually work on an Open Platform? The iPhone which is closed platform, Apple can basically add and remove a application from your phone without consent. They completely control what you can or can't do. If WM phones are open platforms how is Microsoft going to be able to control the applications, I already heard that they have a kill switch but I wonder how it will function? I guess they can make you open the marketplace first then chose the app you want within the marketplace making it login to a server to check statuses, but the lack of ram in these devices will probably suffer as a result. Are the marketplace apps even cab files?
Is this something that the cooks can clean up in the kitchens waiting to be released? Once I acquire an app I would like total control over it!
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They are cab files but they just install by themselves. At the moment you can only install to the main memory but i'm sure this will be fixed soon. Also the kill switch that microsoft has implemented is to kill a program that for some strange reason would sneak through there approval process and they would want to get rid of it. I'm sure this would rarely happen and also i read somewhere that once you purchase an app you can continue to use it, or they will issue you a refund. Secondly, you pretty much do have control over the app once you download it. You could easily go to the folder of the content you downloaded and either move or copy it to your storage card