ChevronWP7 Hackers to Release Microsoft-approved App

18.06.2011
Windows Phone 7 hackers ChevronWP7 are that allows users to install non-approved software. But that doesn't mean the group and the software giant have kissed and made up.

It's unlikely the decision was entirely egalitarian. It's more likely an attempt to attract users to the Windows Phone 7 platform, is still struggling to gain traction in a and, to a lesser extent, Apple's iPhone.

The official line is that the application and a corresponding application download site, labeled , are to provide an official way for "home brew" programmers to create and make available Windows Phone 7 apps without to join the Microsoft App Hub developer program.

The ChevronWP7 team for creating an app that gave developers access to secret parts of the Windows Phone 7 operating system, but which also allowed end-users to "sideload" non-approved apps.

ChevronWP7 said the app was to aid the creation of "home brew" applications -- software created by hobbyists more for fun than profit.

The team after Microsoft staff made contact with them, and they subsequently agreed to work with the software giant.