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SPB software not ready to release Windows Phone 7 applications yet

SPB software not ready to release Windows Phone 7 applications yet

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A bit more than a week ago I wonder on Twitter if anybody heard anything about SPB Software’s Windows Phone 7 support. The famous Russian mobile developer initialy announced support for the OS back in March but nothing but nothing has been heard about this subject ever since. One of my Russian followers replied to me by telling me that the company had a WP7 sessionduring a Microsoft Russia developer event back in September so I guessed that it would only be a matter of time before we see their first applications in the Marketplace. Unfortunately the company seems to be taking a “wait and see” approach according to one of their latest tweets on the subject:

@0Jmb sure thing, but step by step if we see a demand from users

Thanks for the heads up Josh

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