Windows Phone Marketplace hits 100,000 apps!

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According to information published past AllAboutWindowsPhone, using their in-house Marketplace tracking organisation, the Windows Phone Marketplace now boasts a healthy catalogue of apps / games. 100,000 to exist nearly precise. It has taken but xx months to accumulate the total, which is four months quicker than Android, merely slightly backside iOS at 16 months. Data shows that approximately 300 apps are being added to the Marketplace on a daily ground.

The chart below takes us through the submission numbers per-calendar month since Windows Telephone officially launched back in October 2022. What's articulate to encounter is the substantial increment in 2022 compared to numbers from 2022. Of course, out of the 100,000 bachelor apps, at that place are a number (estimated at around x,000) that aren't available to consumers, due to Microsoft and / or the developer pulling content. Simply it'due south not always about quantity, right?

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AAWP have noted in their report that UK and US data show a stable 12% of apps being of some quality - taking into account apps and games that are frequently downloaded and rated numerous (more than than five) times. It's relatively difficult to judge how many available apps are useful to consumers and are not spam, only the report does suggest that Windows Phone is no different to competitor platforms. In the end, at that place'll always be crap in the Market place.

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The above (and last) chart shows us the category breakdown of the Marketplace. Surprisingly, it'south not games that takes up the largest chunk. Amusement is up peak at 19%, Tools + Productivity is adjacent with fifteen%, and Books + Reference is tertiary at xiii%. All-in-all, taking into account the growth figures above, Windows Phone is on the steady increase. With Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and the announced updates to Xbox Live this coming fall, not to mention Xbox SmartGlass, we could run across the momentum build for the platform. Here's hoping anyway.

We'll not echo all details that are contained in AAWP'due south report, so be sure to caput on over in that location for more juicy graphs and info.

Source: AllAboutWindowsPhone

The AT&T version of Surface Duo is now getting Android 11

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The AT&T version of Surface Duo is at present getting Android eleven

After a very long wait, the original Surface Duo is now eligible to receive its over-the-air Bone update to Android 11. Here is what is new and fixed with the biggest update yet for Microsoft'due south get-go dual-screen Android device.