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msmobiles.com_robot
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 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: Windows Marketplace for Mobile has only 281 apps in it - a TOTAL FAILURE by now |
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Windows Marketplace for Mobile aka Windows Mobile app store has launched officially on October 7, 2009, so it is less than one month old. While Apple iPhone app store has 100,000 apps, Google Android Market has 11,0...
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Hobo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Presumably developers with apps are making a fortune with so little competition. Might take the plunge. |
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virain
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| It is not the quantity, it's the quality, that is important |
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SergeyBarvinenko
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject: Microsoft discriminates developers |
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| Microsoft discriminates developers outside USA and few countries. Only developers from 34 countries alllowed to submit applications to Windows Market Place. |
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dreamtheater39
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Atleast the appstore doesnt feel like "Spam Central" with 20 million apps full of useless bullcrap that you need to sieve through to find something useful. |
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mchale
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| I agree. And I hope it eventually becomes JUST LIKE the Apple store with 10 fart apps, 7 beer drinking apps, and lots of pointless crappy apps like the "I'm Rich" app. TRULY the beauty of owning an iPhone... |
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adamz
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you count all regions and all device types? 'Cause you know some apps don't show up if your device doesn't support it or you're in a region where it's not available. |
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EJR
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| adamz wrote: | | Did you count all regions and all device types? 'Cause you know some apps don't show up if your device doesn't support it or you're in a region where it's not available. |
no, I haven't
but non-USA stores have very small number of apps each, so they don't count too much |
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