The Windows Phone Camp conference gathered more than 500 developers, while the online broadcast of the event was watched by about 14,000 people. For comparison, the first event on the development of mobile applications for Windows Phone, a year ago, was attended by about 100 developers.
The conference also made several important announcements.
It was announced the launch of a special promotion from Softkey for placing applications, according to which, from 05.09 to 20.10, the first 60 participants of the action can register for free in the Marketplace and place 3 free applications, and developers of paid applications can receive an additional 5% of their turnover applications.
Microsoft also announced Windows Phone Night School. They will be held on September 8, 15, 22 and 29 in the company's office. School participants will learn in detail about all the intricacies of developing various applications, and will also be able to test their applications on real devices.
From 05.09 to 04.11, Microsoft, together with WP7Rocks, will hold a contest for applications . Winners will be determined in several nominations and will receive certificates from Softkey and HTC phones running Windows Phone.
A new service, AppProfessionals.ru , has been launched , which will help Russian developers who know how to create applications for the Microsoft mobile platform to find customers.