{"id":355202,"date":"2010-02-23T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/0122ac2b7e7580a55af0b992e40b0221"},"modified":"2010-02-23T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T23:45:00","slug":"article-windows-mobile-ups-the-ante-allows-app-storage-on-memory-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/355202","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Windows Mobile ups the ante, allows app storage on memory cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/2\/94685-windows-marketplace-download.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Marketplace\" width=\"306\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The current state of the App Store has Apple at a distinct advantage and competitors struggling to keep up.&nbsp; With Apple boasting over 150,000 apps in their app store and the ability to store as many apps as the iPhone&#8217;s capacity will allow, they truly seem to have the app market cornered.??<\/p>\n<p>Version 1.1 of the BlackBerry App World introduced the ability to archive unused apps to a microSD card with quick access to restoring them as needed.&nbsp; The purpose of this was to free up memory that was being wasted on minimally used apps that you didn&#8217;t have the heart to delete.&nbsp; In the weeks leading up to the release of v1.1, the rumor mill was rife with chatter of the possibility of storing apps on removable memory cards.&nbsp; However, archiveable apps is what ultimately came to fruition; a welcome addition, but still not quite there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft, on the other hand, is on the right path.&nbsp; In a recent update, Microsoft made Windows Marketplace available for customers with Windows Mobile 6.0 and above.&nbsp; With the update comes something that app lovers are sure to enjoy: the added ability to store apps on a memory card.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re keeping score, it&#8217;s a feat only Apple and Microsoft have been able to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>So, how does this affect you?&nbsp; Considering WinMo now?&nbsp; Feeling left behind if you&#8217;re a BlackBerry or Android user?&nbsp; Sound off below!<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/02\/22\/windows-marketplace-tweaked-installs-to-storage-cards-now-possi\/\" >Engadget<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/wi06YxGq6Xevfv6bdFczkNwd24Q\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/wi06YxGq6Xevfv6bdFczkNwd24Q\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/wi06YxGq6Xevfv6bdFczkNwd24Q\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/wi06YxGq6Xevfv6bdFczkNwd24Q\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/BDQAuhSXLC4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current state of the App Store has Apple at a distinct advantage and competitors struggling to keep up.&nbsp; With Apple boasting over 150,000 apps in their app store and the ability to store as many apps as the iPhone&#8217;s capacity will allow, they truly seem to have the app market cornered.?? Version 1.1 of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}