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Windows Mobile app store will have only 600 apps - so where is that 20,000 gone? June 26, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R. In September 2009 it is expected that first Windows Mobile 6.5 phones will go on sale and each of them will have Marketplace i.e. Windows Mobile app store. While by now Microsoft was claiming that there is over 20,000 apps for Windows Mobile, now it looks like it is more like 600: Apparently only 600 applications will be available at the Windows Mobile app store at the time of the launch and only those will be shown that are compatible with given device. Having period of 24 hours when users can try the software and return it will be very nice, and Microsoft intends to offer more free games too. To learn more, visit interview with Audrey Zolghadr from Microsoft France (in French, here is automatic translation to English). Commentary: nowadays number of programs for Windows Mobile is tiny compared to iPhone. While for iPhone there is literally several hundred Twitter clients, for Windows Mobile only a few and when we pointed out to a developer that tweet deletion is missing, he patronized us arrogantly saying "you should learn typing, you imbecile [so that deletion would not be needed]". Not only software for Windows Mobile is scarce nowadays but also it lags behind in functionality and is user-hostile. With Windows Mobile store things will change as the cream will rise to the top quickly and such arrogant developers producing inferior software will belong to the past... For comparison's sake: Apple app store for iPhone and iPod touch has now 55,000 apps in it.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 9 Comments ]
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