Windows Phone homebrew program ChevronWP7 ends, users upgraded to App Hub membership
Author: Laura Clark
Last year ChevronWP7 Labs — in conjunction with Microsoft — began selling $ 9 tokens that would allow owners of Windows Phone devices to unlock their phones and sideload apps. It was intended as a way to promote developer adoption of the Windows Phone platform, but the experiment has now drawn to a close. According to the team, while the project saw massive uptake from users, it didn’t translate into an influx of new apps, with most participants simply unlocking their devices “for non-developmental reasons.” The program also led to confusion as to the exact capabilities provided by the solution, as well as an influx of support requests. Microsoft’s original agreement with ChevronWP7 Labs allowed for a maximum of 10,000 unlock tokens…
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