Now here’s an application to test applications – Mangler, being sponsored by WinMob blog. The Microsoft Application Verifier (AppVerifier) reviews the app while its running. An App needs to be discovered with respect to heap corruption. Mangler’s here to exactly do that. It helps in scrutinizing the defaults of an app that may not be recognized easily.

Some pre-requisites that an app must have before its finally approved:

• should not crash, fail or break into debugger
• should be free from invalid pointers associated with the main executable.

It diagnoses leaks in-memory, handle and GDI(Graphics Device Interface) objects. So, here’s an app making other apps safer and very authentic.

Via windowsteamblog

We discussed the WinMo Marketplace ‘Race to Market Challenge’ that apparently seemed to be quite exciting for the devs and ISVs. But some issues have started cropping up. One of them are the registration problems that includes:

• Cumbersome registration process
• High cost of certification testing
• Payment issues regarding credit cards
• Not a student friendly program – freebies enrolled through Microsoft Dreamspark program not delighted
• No copyright protection guarantee
• Archaic process for identity verification, including attestation by a Public Notary
• Extra charges(about $99) for each application despite of it passing the required tests
• May not impress non-US citizens

With a large set of protocols defined for final submission, MS faces a tough game from the three giants-Blackberry, Apple and Nokia which are scoring high on management. Let’s see when MS fixes the bugs.