Windows Phone 7 Approval Process Kills App Development on the Platform
filed in Business Strategy, Mobile Productivity on Feb.03, 2011

When you read articles like this it makes you think why Microsoft was disappointed with Windows Phone 7 take up:
GooNews (see video review) was one our favorite apps on Windows Phone as it not only offered a nice, smooth UI for accessing Google News, but also allowed you to have custom feeds. The app was free, then $0.99 or ad-supported and was really the only one of its kind (as far as we know).
Developer Shawn Wildermuth has reluctantly given up on GooNews, pulling it from the Marketplace, despite very positive user feedback. The reasons come down to frustration with the app approval process, inconsistencies in approval and just plain running out of steam.

