Discontinuation
On 14 November 2008, Microsoft announced that the Digital Locker will be shut down in 2009. Windows Marketplace will be drastically scaled back and people wishing to buy any Microsoft product will now have to go to the Microsoft Store, which will sell all items previously sold at Windows Marketplace.
On February 16, 2009 at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft announced Windows Marketplace for Mobile which will deploy a similar concept to Windows Mobile devices.
A year after Microsoft introduced Windows Marketplace for Mobile, they announced their next generation mobile platform named Windows Phone. With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft completely revamped their mobile efforts and the Marketplace, introducing Windows Phone Marketplace.
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