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Windows Phone Store
Logo: Microsoft Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
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Digital distribution platform for Windows Phone
Windows Phone Store was a digital distribution platform developed by Microsoft for the Windows Phone. It allowed publishers to release apps which could be downloaded to users smartphones. The app store was initially launched as Windows Phone Marketplace alongside Windows Phone 7 in October 2010.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitewww.windowsphone.com/store
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Windows Phone Store was a digital distribution platform developed by Microsoft for the Windows Phone. It allowed publishers to release apps which could be downloaded to users smartphones.2
Acquisitions
- Succeeded Windows Marketplace for Mobile1
In Q2 2015, Microsoft launched Windows 10 Mobile, at which point the Windows Phone Store was merged with the Windows Store. After this, the store kept operating for Windows Phone 8.x devices until it closed at the end of 2019. Since its closure, Windows Phone 8.x cannot obtain or install software natively without unlocking the device bootloader and sideloading XAPs on compatible hardware.
From Wikipedia’s article on Windows Phone Store, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Links
- Websitewww.windowsphone.com/store1
- WikipediaWindows Phone Store
- WikidataQ1090918
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataWindows Phone Store on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWindows Phone Store on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWindows Phone Store logo by Microsoft Corporation, Public domain
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