Tag: application

Windows Phone now has 25,000 apps

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You can argue the actual number, but even +/- 1% this is great progress for the Windows Phone platform, and the number is going up by roughly 100 apps per day. Other numbers? Around half of these apps are free, and the average retail price is $1.48. If Microsoft can build up momentum in terms of new apps, a pool of developers working on the phones, and attract brand names (such as American Airlines) to the platform, they might just have a shot at being relevant.

Where are my applications?

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Over on All About Symbian I’ve been grappling with the issue of why some phones from Nokia don’t come with the same applications as other phones from Nokia – and I’m looking at you, Mr Podcasting Application If your smartphone is all about personalisation, why is it that we are left with the manufacturer’s default choice of applications in the firmware? Years ago you checked the memory size and radio frequencies, now it’s interrogating the firmware load-out. It’s a given that no matter what Symbian OS product comes out, there are caveats in the review as to why application (a)