{"id":28695,"date":"2012-03-01T15:21:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=28695"},"modified":"2012-03-01T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T15:21:37","slug":"windows-guides-what-is-the-windows-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-guides-what-is-the-windows-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Guides: What is the Windows Store?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/microsoft_store1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"microsoft_store1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28703\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re no strangers to App Stores. Headed by Apple, companies are adding their own stores to their platforms and Microsoft is following suit.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we at Windows Guides take a topic (not well-known, difficult to understand\/get facts, commonly explained wrongly) and do our best to explain it to you. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve gathered thus far by answering the questions I have on the Windows Store.<\/p>\n<h3>The Windows Store<\/h3>\n<p>Put simply, the Windows Store is a place to purchase Windows applications and download them directly to your PC. Both Microsoft and the application developers will test their apps with your version of Windows. There\u2019s more\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Who\/what Countries Can Use the Windows Store?<\/h3>\n<p>The store will be available (currently) in 231 different countries\/territories and be available in over 100 languages. <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/windows\/apps\/hh694064.aspx#consumer_countries\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s the list.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We\u2019ll have a number of market-specific catalogs, tailored for those customers, and a \u201crest of world\u201d (ROW) catalog for all other markets. Developers can choose the catalogs in which their app is listed, and we will continue to increase the number of market-specific catalogs and payment providers over time as we evolve the Store service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/windowsstore\/archive\/2011\/12\/06\/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>When Will the Windows Store be Available?<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve been there: reading about something new, wanting to try it, but realizing the \u201csomething\u201d I\u2019ve read about doesn\u2019t exist yet (how was I to know you can\u2019t actually book a Moon trip yet??)<\/p>\n<p>So the first question is: When will the Windows Store be available? Microsoft assure us the Windows Store will be available with the Windows 8 Beta, set for official release in February 2012 (<a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe for updates<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/category\/windows-8\/8news\/\" target=\"_blank\">view Windows 8 news and progress<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Note: Only free apps will be available during the Beta.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/windows-8\/8news\/windows-app-store\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/microsoft_store1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"microsoft_store1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28703\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Headed by Apple, companies are adding their own stores to their platforms and Microsoft is following suit. The Windows Store is a place to purchase Windows applications and download them directly to your PC. 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