The Windows Phone marketplace exceeds 100,000 applications!

Another important goal for  Windows Phone marketplace has been reached today, according to a scan performed by  AAWP , the number of applications / games published in Windows Phone marketplace passed the 100,000 mark.

Asphalt 5, Galaga Legion DX, and more Xbox Live games coming soon on Windows Phone

Microsoft has been adding more and more titles to its Xbox Live lineup.Asphalt 5, Gun Bros, Mirror's Edge and Final Fantasy are just some of the games that are part of the list unveiled by Microsoft, including two new titles from Bandai Namco: Galaga Legion DX and Pool Pro Online 3.

Photosynth for Windows Phone is now available in WP Marketplace

Here comes the Windows Phone marketplace Photosynth, the popular Microsoft application that allows you to take and share pictures taken in landscape mode to 360 degrees.

Last year when Microsoft released  Photosynth for iPhone OS , many users wondered when it would arrive this on Windows Phone since David Gedey Photosynth Group Program Manager in charge of development of this software had declared that they were at work on the version for Windows Phone .

Facebook for Windows Phone bumped to version 2.5

We have reported in April, that the Facebook team was working on Facebook app for Windows Phone version 2.5 and now after one month after, here comes the much needed update  that implements several new features and improvements. 

Viber is now available for BlackBerry and Windows Phone

After much anticipation and many requests for information from you on the arrival of Viber for Windows Phone and BlackBerry, here is the good news you have expected for long time,Viber finally has released their official application for Windows Phone and BlackBerry 

Viber is a multiplatform application that allows you to send messages or make calls to users who have installed the same app on their devices; Viber is already widely used in the iOS and Android.

Windows Phone Marketplace extends to 22 new countries

Although, Microsoft’s Windows Phone marketplace is far from the likes of the gigantic Apple app store and the Google Play store, in terms of both the number of apps and its reach, the latest news from the Windows Phone makers reveal that their marketplace is now available across 22 new countries. The web-based marketplace has now been made available for Windows phone users across Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

Windows Phone Marketplace: 82,000 applications available in the WP Marketplace

Bronze medal for Microsoft, although the level of sales has not yet become the third largest in the world of smart phones, with regard to applications exceeds Symbian and BlackBerry.

The two operating systems, in fact, count some 70,000 respectively Ovi app Store and App World and last month served to Windows Phone to break away from competitors thanks to 10,228 new app in March bringing the total count to 82,000.

The numbers are not yet sufficient to worry about Android and iPhone OS, respectively the second and third place with more than 450,000 and 550,000 app. The growth of the WP Marketplace, however, expect a continual progress, if it continues at current rates, will allow Windows Phone app to count in the catalog by 100,000 in May.

Going into detail of the various formats, the U.S. is still leading with 69,123 applications available for this market, while China, the last in time to debut with Windows Phone is stuck at 21,530.

Windows Phone Marketplace reached another milestone, 70,000 applications are now in the WP Marketplace

At the launch of Windows Phone with Tango in China, Simon Leung had "given numbers" on these applications on Windows Marketplace.

In fact 70,000 applications according to official figures that Microsoft announced that it has passed the milestone and is now launching to 100,000. Someone may have already heard, some time ago, have achieved this level but had not been officially disclosed by Microsoft and included applications that were removed as redundant or unsafe.

With regard to the numbers of growth has now come to 300 new applications per day, number expected to increase with expansion up to 63 different markets.

At the time the developers have registered more than 100,000 and for them has simplified the certification process to get the app in the Market: are only 3 days maximum needed to make his debut in the store. The interest of developers, although not as high as Android or IOS, is still growing, especially in view of the arrival of Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the convergence between the systems.

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