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On apprend avec plaisir que l’application d’achat Marketplace Mobile est maintenant disponible pour les machines sous Windows Mobile 6.0 et 6.1.

Tous les détails ici.

L’application d’achat sur Marketplace Mobile est incluse d’office dans les machines sous Windows Mobile 6.5 (Windows Phone pour les intimes). Mais vous pouvez aussi acheter depuis votre PC en utilisant cette adresse tout simplement : http://marketplace.windowsphone.com

Devant le besoin évident de protéger du piratage les applications déposées sur Marketplace, Microsoft a mis en place une nouvelle politique de sécurité qui est décrite dans ce document au format PDF..

Voici un extrait du document, avec quelques lignes impportantes :

Developers are given a few lines of code to be placed in the
application. (The application has to be recompiled before it can be
submitted.) This code locally checks for the existence of a device-
bound license key provided by the Windows Marketplace service at
the time of purchase and detects authorized copies…

The developer chooses if and how often the application should be
verified (on every run, on first run only, and so on). This approach
provides the greatest flexibility to the developer on deciding how to
tackle unauthorized copies of the application and how to take
appropriate action upon a negative validation result (show an error
message, provide a limited version of the application, ask the user to
purchase a legitimate copy, and so on)…

How?

1. Sign in to your account on the Windows Marketplace developer
portal (http://developer.windowsphone.com), or create an
account if you do not have one.

2. Click on “Add Product” then “Add Application” in order to start
the application submission process.

3. Click the “Add advanced application protection” button on the
page. A pop-up window appears, which displays the validation
code that needs to be added to your application.

4. Copy and paste the validation code into your application. You
should place the code at the point where you would like to
authenticate the application, usually the beginning.

5. Edit the validation code to include the actions you require upon
a failed authentication (For example, show an error message,
exit the application, and so on).

When?

- By the end of 2009—developer portal starts providing protection
code to developers.
- By the end of 2009—Windows Marketplace client starts storing
and validating license keys.