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MIX 10 has kicked off, and as you would have expected the press releases have begun to roll out. The first of which gives us some details about what we can expect in terms of the Windows Phone Marketplace. Unfortunately the announcement did not give any launch date for the Marketplace, but with the Windows Phone 7 Series phones not coming anytime soon, I guess we can wait for that as well. And as we have seen with the success of the iPhone and Android, and some of the slump with webOS—the market and the available apps are key. That said, it looks like Microsoft is going in with that in mind because they have announced a pretty decent list of launch partners, which include;

“The Associated Press, Archetype International Inc., AWS Convergence Technologies – WeatherBug, Citrix Systems Inc., Clarity Consulting Inc., Cypress Consulting, EA Mobile, Fandango Inc., Foursquare Labs Inc., frog design inc., Glu Mobile Inc., Graphic.ly, Hudson Entertainment Inc., IdentityMine Inc., IMDb.com Inc., Larva Labs, Match.com LLC, Matchbox Mobile Ltd., Microsoft Game Studios, Namco Networks America Inc., Oberon Media Inc., Pageonce Inc., Pandora Media Inc., Photobucket Inc., PopCap Games Inc., Seesmic, Shazam Entertainment Ltd., Sling Media, SPB Software Inc., stimulant, TeleCommunications Systems Inc., Touchality LLC and Vertigo Software Inc.”

Additional details about the market include the ability for one-time credit card purchases, carrier billing and free apps that are advertising supported. And as a plus, customers will be able to try before they buy.

Read [Microsoft] Via [Gizmodo]