I have spent a few days looking at different ways to connect the new mobile apps I am working on to a webservice I want to build without spending out too much. During that search Azure mobile was released.
In short, you can create up to 10 cloud services for free** which should be more than enough for me to find out if my ideas are going to workout.
Here is a video overview -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovDtALgsBuQHere is the post -
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/tutorials/get-started/They seen to be offering the '10 free' offer for site hosting too which may be of interest to some.
I am going to be having a play over the next week or so, so I'll report back on how it goes.
** - Edit: I think the 10 free is for a trial period only. I'll check it out and update.
