Microsoft has confirmed today that the Windows Phone 7 platform has reached its next milestone, 5000 applications.
In just two months since launch, WP7 has matched the total number of apps written for the WebOS operating system, which launched in June 2009.
An even better comparison may be that of the BlackBerry App World, which has 15,000 apps.
The news seems to bode well for WP7, ... [ read the full article ]
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How many apps does a person "need"? 5000 is already more than enough. At least with Android and WP7 a majority of quality apps are made, with Apple it's just quantity.
In the case of the WP7 Apps, im pretty sure that most of them are no use at all and the figures are stoked and fashioned to look higher than they really are.
All the developers i know have boycotted all ms smartphone development due to their lack of commitment and the windows mobile life cycles of the past and wont come back until moses parts the sea of ill wind.
I dont know anyone who even has a wp7, ive heard the stories and seen the pictures, however i dont know a single person with one or planning to be..... im starting to think it might just be more MS vapour ware lol.
