Comments on: Though customers are few, Windows Phone 7 hits 25,000 apps

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:56:01 +0000

I agree I have created some apps for android in the horrid Eclipse environment and I am on the way to having an app for release in wp7 and am in love with C#, silverlight and WCF. Microsoft definitely knows how to build some infrastructure.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:41:31 +0000

WP7 is a good OS, the most innovative on the market. But who knows this? most people are followers, they won’t think for them selves. Android is being pushed hard by carriers and manufacturing. Look for yourself at stores that sell phones, its usually a sea of Android and one or few WP7. Steve Jobs is a MASTER at creating a cult following, he is also a great designer who controls manufacturing to retail. WP7 needs more than its very good OS and hardware, it needs mass marketing! and CARRIER support!!!!!!

By: wondercomp

wondercomp — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:30:34 +0000

I think you, and many other people are missing the most important part of the picture. In order for a platform to be successful, It needs good hardware. Apps, and Operating System, are only part of the equation. Both iOS and Android have Awesome hardware, but in the case of windows 7, It has outdated phones, which is an understatement.

In my opinion, the best phones for windows 7 were announced when it was first introduced, and of all of the phone manufacturers only HTC did a good job on the design of said hardware. (HD7, Surround, Trophy) The Samsung and LG phones looked like toys.

The point is that the only phones that I would buy were released planned nearly two years ago. Which is ancient by mobile technology standards… It’s a damn shame that Microsoft always seems to get a part of the big picture in focus, but leaves the rest all foggy.

By: mjw149

mjw149 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:14:33 +0000

Those two comments don’t follow each other. The United States market share is relevant because it’s the lead market for WP7 and smartphones in general. We can’t expect WP7 to fail, exactly, but it isn’t going well, so that’s a possibility.

By: Mobile Apps Developer

Mobile Apps Developer — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:51:35 +0000

Microsoft was very aggressive in pursuing us to port our apps, offering devices and advertising $/opportunities. It’s not a bad platform, but the adoption figures need to start picking up…

By: Jeff Putz

Jeff Putz — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:05:04 +0000

Chasing app store numbers is something I don’t get. It’s not really a measure of anything. Working for Microsoft, I obviously got my phone for free, but truth be told, it had all of the apps I wanted when it launched. IMDB, Facebook, Twitter and Flashlight 7. Actually, the OS itself has such solid integration with FB, and Gmail for contact syncing, that I require few apps.

That said, it’s easily the most accessible platform to develop for, hands down. Compare a “hello world” sample between WP7, iOS and Android. There’s no contest. I put out two simple apps in the first two months. We’ll have our thousands of fart apps before too long as well. :)

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:44:45 +0000

It seems that Microsoft’s marketing budget for WP7 is too small to afford AstroTurf capable of even moderately correct punctuation.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:07:10 +0000

the world is a lot bigger than the United States. Anyone who is expecting Windows Phone to fail is clueless.

By: Crusader

Crusader — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:38:06 +0000

Wait until Mango is released and the next few high-profile handsets including Nokia. If WP7 isn’t up to 10% market-share by end of 2012 then you can call it a failure.

By: james24

james24 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:52:57 +0000

A Feather that is nonsense wp7 has only that share cause its not available in multitudes like IOS ansd android, wp7 is a better os , have you even tried it. When nokia start getting the phone out to people and the marketing picks up you will see the difference wp7 rocks its only a matter of time before it explodes. give it a try