Microsoft and Nokia to Invest 18 Million Euros For Mobile Application Development Program

Microsoft and Nokia announced that they had each invested some EUR 9 million to the program titled AppCampus mobile application development. Based in Finland, the program was launched in May and will be governed by the Aalto University. Nokia and Microsoft hope to lose this program can attract enthusiasts and entrepreneurs around the world for the Windows platform Phone, Symbian and S40.Although supported big names Microsoft and Nokia, Windows Phone application ecosystem is still lacking the attention of the developers of upscale applications. In the new Marketplace aplikasian there are 70 thousand, and there is no popular names like Angry Birds Space, Draw Something and Instagram. The developers put a WP as the lowest priority. With this program Microsoft is expected to change that trend. 18 million euro incurred duet Microsoft-Nokia may seem small compared to 200 million dollars disbursed in the Apple iFund program, but still it is a good business.
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