Windows Phone Dev Center

E724262

developer portal web service

Windows Phone Dev Center was Microsoft’s former online portal for developers to create, manage, and publish apps for the Windows Phone platform.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Windows Phone Store	2
Microsoft developer tools for Lumia and Windows Phone	1
Windows Phone Dev Center canonical	1
Windows Phone in-app purchase APIs	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288155 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Windows Phone Dev Center
Context triple: [Partner Center, replaced, Windows Phone Dev Center]

A. Windows Phone
Windows Phone is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft for smartphones, featuring a distinctive tile-based user interface and integration with Microsoft services.
B. Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Windows Marketplace for Mobile was Microsoft’s official app store platform for discovering, purchasing, and downloading applications on Windows Mobile devices.
C. Windows 10 Mobile
Windows 10 Mobile is a discontinued Microsoft smartphone operating system that extended the Windows 10 platform and interface to mobile devices.
D. Microsoft Mobile
Microsoft Mobile was the Microsoft-owned division responsible for designing, manufacturing, and marketing Lumia smartphones and other mobile devices following the acquisition of Nokia’s handset business.
E. Windows Mobile Device Center
Windows Mobile Device Center is a Microsoft application for Windows that manages and synchronizes data between Windows Mobile devices and a PC.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Windows Phone Dev Center
Target entity description: Windows Phone Dev Center was Microsoft’s former online portal for developers to create, manage, and publish apps for the Windows Phone platform.

A. Windows Phone
Windows Phone is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft for smartphones, featuring a distinctive tile-based user interface and integration with Microsoft services.
B. Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Windows Marketplace for Mobile was Microsoft’s official app store platform for discovering, purchasing, and downloading applications on Windows Mobile devices.
C. Windows 10 Mobile
Windows 10 Mobile is a discontinued Microsoft smartphone operating system that extended the Windows 10 platform and interface to mobile devices.
D. Microsoft Mobile
Microsoft Mobile was the Microsoft-owned division responsible for designing, manufacturing, and marketing Lumia smartphones and other mobile devices following the acquisition of Nokia’s handset business.
E. Windows Mobile Device Center
Windows Mobile Device Center is a Microsoft application for Windows that manages and synchronizes data between Windows Mobile devices and a PC.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	developer portal ⓘ web service ⓘ
accessibleVia	web browser ⓘ
category	software development portal ⓘ
developerOf	Windows Phone applications ecosystem ⓘ
feature	age rating configuration ⓘ app pricing configuration ⓘ beta app distribution ⓘ crash and usage reports ⓘ market selection for app availability ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ multiple localized languages ⓘ
integratedWith	Microsoft advertising services ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Advertising Windows Phone Store ⓘ linked to: Windows Marketplace for Mobile
operatedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
operatedIn	worldwide ⓘ
ownedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
platform	Windows Phone ⓘ
provides	analytics for app downloads ⓘ app submission tools ⓘ application management dashboard ⓘ certification status tracking ⓘ developer account management ⓘ financial reports for app sales ⓘ in‑app purchase configuration ⓘ localization options for apps ⓘ
purpose	create Windows Phone apps ⓘ manage Windows Phone apps ⓘ monetize Windows Phone apps ⓘ publish Windows Phone apps ⓘ
relatedTo	Microsoft developer ecosystem ⓘ Windows Store Dev Center ⓘ linked to: Windows Dev Center
replacedBy	Windows Dev Center ⓘ
requires	Microsoft account ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
supports	Windows Phone 7 ⓘ linked to: Windows Phone Windows Phone 8 ⓘ linked to: Windows Phone Windows Phone 8.1 ⓘ linked to: Windows Phone company developer accounts ⓘ free apps ⓘ individual developer accounts ⓘ in‑app purchases ⓘ paid apps ⓘ trial apps ⓘ
targetAudience	Windows Phone developers ⓘ
usedFor	submitting APPX packages ⓘ submitting XAP packages ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Partner Center → replaced → Windows Phone Dev Center ⓘ

Windows Dev Center → relatedTo → Windows Phone Store ⓘ

linked to: Windows Phone Dev Center

Nokia Asha SDK → replacedBy → Microsoft developer tools for Lumia and Windows Phone ⓘ

linked to: Windows Phone Dev Center

Nokia In-App Payment API → replacedBy → Windows Phone in-app purchase APIs ⓘ

linked to: Windows Phone Dev Center

Windows smartphones → primaryAppStore → Windows Phone Store ⓘ

linked to: Windows Phone Dev Center

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Referenced by (5)

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