WinPhone 7 dev policies leaked!

Worried that Windows Phone 7 won’t let you play with multiple apps at once a la Apple? Well, if the leaked Windows Phone 7 development policies are anything to go by, there may be some hope. According to dev policies, “preemptive” backgrounding will be enabled. However, apps must pass through an app submission and provisioning process for further scrutiny — fruit anyone?

Much like the Zune environment which the Windows Phone 7 OS pulls from, Silverlight, XNA, and .NET Compact Frameworks comprise the bulk of the underlying structure. For Windows Mobile developers, it won’t take long to realize that this is a clean break from the past and holds up to Microsoft’s statements that Windows Mobile applications will need to be totally re-written.

The leaked documents do shed quite a bit of light onto how Microsoft is going to handle this new shindig, although, there’s still plenty to know. Looks like we’ll still have to wait until MIX 2010 to really feed our hungry heads. All I can say is, I hope Microsoft doesn’t get overly restrictive like Apple has.   If so, it will choke the life out of Windows Phone 7 for sure.

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