Mango to bring Marketplace options and ratings
By George Ponder last updated

One more tid bit from MIX11 for the day. Mango is expected to bring a few more options to Windows Phone 7 developers with regards to distribution options and will require game ratings.
Private Betas and Private Apps will join the Public Distribution options for developers. Private Betas will not require certification but will require user registration by the developer by way of the user's Windows Live ID (limited to 100). Private Betas will have a life cycle of 90 days and should help developers iron out all the bugs before releasing the app for Public Distribution.
Private Apps will need to go through the certification process and will not be searchable in the Marketplace. Developers will distribute these apps via a deep link to allow recipients to download the app. This distribution will be well suited for enterprise/corporate applications.
Marketplace games will also require a rating and certification of those ratings if it's required by the region of distribution. This should open the door for gaming titles where concerns about mature content are present (remember Twin Blades). This would also suggest that parental controls will be present in the Marketplace as well.
via: mobilitydigest
George is the Reviews Editor at Windows Central, concentrating on Windows 10 PC and Mobile apps. He's been a supporter of the platform since the days of Windows CE and uses his current Windows 10 Mobile phone daily to keep up with life and enjoy a game during down time.
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Private Apps will need to go through the certification process and will not be searchable in the Marketplace. Developers will distribute these apps via a deep link to allow recipients to download the app. This distribution will be well suited for enterprise/corporate applications.Sorted! That is awesome!
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Nice, so them a enterprise can run a private intranet site with direct links to their apps that new workers can hit to get the apps. After that app updates will be handled like everything else so it's not an issue.
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Ooooh, baby! Enterprise apps here I come! I will not rest until WP7 is considered an official dev-supported mobile platform. Why should the iOS people in the office down the hall get all the fun? (Heh, heh, heh... and I get to reuse gobs of code, whereas they cannot! Oh yeah!)
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