Demo – Windows Mobile Marketplace – Site Open and Active – T-Mobile Touch Pro2 Video Demo
June 1st, 2010 | by admin |
I have a flashed WinMo 6.5 ROM (6.5.1), the Leo version, on my T-Mobile Touch Pro2. After installing yet another ROM today, I was checking out Marketplace to see if it was by chance working (this would be a day earlier than its announced debut, October 6, 2009.)
Update: Here’s a link to Microsoft’s Markeplace website:
http://marketplace.windowsphone.com/Overview.aspx
Turns out the Site working now. From the limited offerings I suspect MS is in the process of uploading the programs and apps. It takes time, I suspect maybe a 24 hour process, at least.
But check it out, you can at least see the interface and also even make purchases or download/install the free apps.
I heard that Marketplace will work on WinMo 6.1, so even if you don’t have 6.5 yet (because you have not flashed a “cooked” ROM on your phone) you can still install Marketplace. But don’t hold me to that.
What happened when I clicked the Marketplace icon on my T-Mobile Touch Pro2 was that MS installed the Marketplace app. It then checked to see if my ROM or OS was a version that would work with Marketplace. Obviously it was (since I have 6.5.1 on it).
On Marketplace you can create an account, the same as you would do on Android Market. But when I browsed around I did not need an account.
Check it out.
On your WinMo smartphone go to the Windows Mobile Marketplace site. From there I assume they will provide install instructions.
This may have been a bad move by Microsoft. I am not too sure it’s a good idea to let people think that THIS is the new Marketplace. In its current state it’s horrible. I would not want even one person thinking, for example, that the free apps section will have a total of 30 apps.
I can see some people logging on and thinking “Huh, nice try Microsoft, but this does not compare to Apple or Android in terms of the number of apps.”
Also, as I said in my video a few weeks ago that discussed Marketplace, the default price for paid apps is $99 cents to $1.99. Anything $5 and above should be a rarity. People can’t go to Marketplace and see apps for $49. MS runs the risk of people saying “So what else is new.”
And remember Microsoft, people will compare Marketplace with all the other markets out there. People are not going to be impressed with a store that is filled with lots of paid apps (costing $5++) and few free apps.
NOTICE: For those YouTubers asking how to get the animated weather or WinMo 6.5 ROM on to their T-Mobile Touch Pro2 phones:
Check out thewingster.com for all you need to know about flashing a ROM.
http://thewingster.com/roms.aspx
The version I have on this T-Mobile Touch Pro2 Marketplace demo is:
Miri_WM65_21864_V4.0_Premium_Manila2.5.rar
Miri is the XDA developer who made this particular ROM. It is my favorite ROM, for the day at least.
You can find it on TheWingster or at XDA.
Duration : 0:9:24
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22 Responses to “Demo – Windows Mobile Marketplace – Site Open and Active – T-Mobile Touch Pro2 Video Demo”
By sunshyne2011 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
how do u download …
how do u download this to ur touch pro 2…because my phone has a all gray touchflo…and I NEED THAT MARKETPLACE LOL PLEASE HELP
By mattfmac4200 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
where do you dl it …
where do you dl it from i just got my tp2
By HeartInSanFrancisco on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
It’s for any phone …
It’s for any phone running Windows Mobile 6.5 And I think it to work on WinMo 6.1 is out, or coming soon. You can research that.
By elkemado17 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
is this only for …
is this only for tmobile or is it for sprint an the other carriers to thanks in advance
By elkemado17 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
aright so is this …
aright so is this for tmobile or for all the touch pros 2 because i want to get this fone tomorrow an if this market place is for sprint then ill get it if not then i wont,the fone looks awesome but i just want it to have kinda like the android stuff you know.?if u can help me out thanks.
By disaster100x on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Gotcha
just … 
just wanted everyone watching to know it’s out there today hehe
Gotcha
By HeartInSanFrancisco on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Yes, I mention that …
Yes, I mention that in the later videos and in here.
As I said, when I was using Market before, they did not have that feature yet.
Thanks for the comment.
By disaster100x on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
There’s a way to …
There’s a way to filter free or paid apps in android, you just have to open menu while in market and select “change view”
By disaster100x on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
You should get a …
You should get a motorola droid because nothing can beat the openess of android
By YummyLaLa on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
OMG So expensive …
OMG So expensive lol!
Most of heroes apps are free ._.
By Slimm2240 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
which rom are you …
which rom are you using…it looks very stable
By Joker13574 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Shud I get the …
Shud I get the touch pro2 or wait for the hd2
By eldondedones on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
ok…i had already …
ok…i had already install winmo 6.5 …and it is cool, i liked. but it have with some errors..we all know it is not a original version and that is the reason…my quetion now is ….how can i put my olb version back..please tell me if theres way to put it back, or should i wait to the orinal version comes out for my tmobile touch pro 2…give me a advise..thank u
By HeartInSanFrancisco on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Regardless of …
Regardless of carrier, all TP2’s come with 6.1
The AT&T version may come with 6.5.
By Guitarstringz on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Ok so if i get the …
Ok so if i get the touch pro2 in a few days will it already have 6.5 or do I need to upgrade it thanks =]
By drewitt8 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Ok, i dont have the …
Ok, i dont have the phone yet, but im getting it soon. Do you know of a rom that is a clean version of 6.5? And im canadian so will they work on the telus versions of the phone?
By jtextlive on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
i like this
i like this
By HeartInSanFrancisco on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
The Wingster’s page …
The Wingster’s page has a link to XDA on how to install HardSPL.
To install HardSPL:
1. Download hardSPL to your PC.
2. Connect your TP2 to your PC and open ActiveSync.
3. Now double click the hardSPL file (it’s an exe file) and it will auto-install HardSPL on to your TP2.
4. Reboot your PC.
5. You can check to see if the HardSPL installed. (While pressing the volume down button, press the reset button with your stylus.) The tri-color screen will show if it installed.
By eldondedones on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
i see that was the …
i see that was the problem..i dont have the “hardspl”..but i thing that i going to wait for the update , beacause i don want the phone to brick..thank u for the information…when i said they i refer to the person that make the rom i dont know his name..he is from “the wingster” page..thank u…i like u videos..and again, thank 4 the information about the brick.
By HeartInSanFrancisco on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Who is “they?” See …
Who is “they?” See my videos on how to install a ROM on the T-Mobile Touch Pro2.
I suspect you have not installed “hardSPL” which is a very small program that “unlocks the TP2 door” so you can install ROMS.
Once you unlock the door you can install ROMs all you want.
See my videos on flashing the TP2.
BUT BE CAREFUL. YOU CAN TURN YOUR PHONE INTO A BRICK AND IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
A NEW TP2 WITHOUT A DISCOUNT IS GOING TO COST YOU $500!!!!!!
By eldondedones on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
i have the rom and …
i have the rom and everything…but i never get to installed in my touch pro 2…can u plis tell how to do it..i did everything they said…but nothing happens..
By Deseagle07 on Jun 1, 2010 | Reply
Great video, Your …
Great video, Your home page is sick, how the clouds spread out and everything is so nice. What site r u flashing from