The offer for the upcoming Microsoft Windows version is also an App Store was already known.Microsoft yesterday but gave the first concrete details of the Windows Store, the Windows-beta-8 end of February 2012 will also appear initially as a beta.


Hidden away in the context of yesterday's presentation called Microsoft hence the date for Windows 8 Beta. End of February there will now be ready last was not quite sure when the beta would appear.


The Windows Store is an integral part of Windows 8 and will be available as a metro application. During the beta phase at first only free apps in the store will be found, the payment functions will be tested at a later date.


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Applications are available in the App Store can - in contrast to Apple's App Store for OS X - in many different versions are offered. While at Apple, it's only free and paid apps that can store and test the Windows versions are offered, which are either time-limited or have limited functionality. The apps can also - like Apple's known - offer in-app purchases or subscriptions. For which system - x86, x64 or ARM - an application is available, is displayed directly in the store. Also for use in businesses, Microsoft plans to offer better support than Apple, are interested primarily for private users.


Developers can build their web sites, a special code that, unless the page in Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 10 is called, indicating a separate button in the browser, which you can jump directly to its own App Store in Windows.


The registration costs a developer companies have to shell As with the Apple apps must pass through a process in order to appear in the store. The processshould also be more transparent than the competition from Cupertino, according to Microsoft. So the developer can already try it before submitting its application for themselves whether the app has some serious problems that would preclude certification by Microsoft in the way.