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Windows Marketplace for Mobile has only 281 apps in it - a TOTAL FAILURE by now
 November 01, 2009 [General]
Windows Marketplace for Mobile aka Windows Mobile app store has launched officially on October 7, 2009, so it is less than one month old. While Apple iPhone app store has 100,000 apps, Google Android Market has 11,000 apps, the Microsoft's mobile app store has, as of today (November 1, 2009) only: 281 apps.

Here is the spread among categories: So the total is:


1+9+18+20+17+111+20+1+6+7+19+6+19+27 = 281

Commentary

While it is true that in total there is over 20,000 apps for Windows Mobile available through side loading from various websites and online stores, Microsoft employees are extremely incompetent in the area of mobile software and Windows Marketplace for Mobile has the worst conditions for developers among all other app stores: it has worse conditions than Apple app store, Android Market, and BlackBerry app store. Developers cannot submit an app to stores it the whole world, because they need to pay $10 per additional country and they have to translate descriptions (what costs much more than $10!!!). Developers have no copy protection from Microsoft: it's enough to soft-reset the phone during installation and then to spread CAB file with the program on the Internet - no copy protection at all. Furthermore apps can be installed only to internal memory what excludes GPS navigation software and big-size rich games (note: for comparison's sake: Android 2.0 OS makes it possible to install apps on the memory card). And these are just few problems of many. Clearly Windows Marketplace for Mobile is a huge failure by now.



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