Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace hits ’50,000 apps’ milestone
With the Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace hitting the `50,000 apps' milestone this week, it is being reported that the app store managed to go past the mentioned landmark in a much lesser time than had been predicted.
According to All About Windows Phone, Microsoft's mobile app store has recently gone past the `50,000 apps' figure; within nearly a month and a half after having touched the `40,000 apps' mark on November 17.
The `50,000 apps' milestone for the Windows Phone Marketplace has essentially been a result of the strong increase in the submission of apps for the Microsoft app store as well as the speedy approval process over the past few weeks. Going by reports, the rate at which the number of apps is growing is a notable 265 items a day.
While the feat of `50,000 apps' landmark for the Windows Phone Marketplace underscores the fact that for a company to keep the entire mobile apps structure going strong, the significance of anchor stores cannot be underestimated; All About Windows Phone has revealed that the surge in the growth of the platform is an upshot of the increased availability of Windows Phones in a number of countries, as well as the much-awaited US launch of Nokia's Windows Phone handsets, like the Lumina 710.
However, the sudden interest of the app developers in the Windows Phone Marketplace still remained somewhat unexplained, especially since it has no direct connection with the spread of the platform or the launch of the much-anticipated Windows Phone handsets.
