Microsoft to launch web-based Windows Phone Marketplace alongside ‘Mango’

We aren’t quite sure why Microsoft didn’t make mention of it during its big event yesterday , however the company has now confirmed that its forthcoming ” Mango ” update also will bring with it another big addition to the Windows Phone scene: an internet-based Marketplace. That may after all will let you browse and purchase apps right out of your favorite web browser, after which have them installed in your phone (“via SMS or email,” apparently). You’ll even be in a position to profit from various social networking tie-ins to share apps along with your friends, and the Marketplace will hang onto your download history so that you can easily reinstall your whole apps in case you switch phones — and, yes, you could assume a lot of Bing integration to boot.