Currently available 30000 mobile applications for Windows phone, the latest mobile operating system from Microsoft Corporation. It is a huge leap from 11500 Microsoft reported in March, but remain far from industry leaders, iOS and Android. For comparison purposes have 425000 iOS apps and over 250000 on Android, at least according to the latest official figures. However, the 30 K apps not bad for an operating system that has not yet even a year ago, we approve.
All existing Windows phone applications will run on Microsoft Windows phone "Mango", Microsoft says – last updated mobile operating system due out sometime next month. No fragmentation is here!
Mango is a major update that will introduce a number of new features, including background sound, fast app switching, multiple double side live tiles, better search integration and hundreds of other functions.
Windows phone SDK hits RC status
Microsoft on Monday opened its Windows Marketplace phone app to accept submissions from developers of mango. And it also now updated phone Windows SDK (software development kit) 7.1 status release candidate (RC). The SDK is available in English and Japanese, says Microsoft.
The SDK includes "Go Live" license that allows developers to publish their applications on the market of mango ready after they have been recompiled. In addition the SDK includes the final version of "the market test Kit" and a new Profiler, which allows developers to test their applications for certification prior to its submission. This helps speed up the approval process – means that applications will hit the market soon. Telephone advertising Microsoft Windows SDK, a new SDK, too, for those developers who want to integrate ads into their mobile applications.
Microsoft is also giving developers a green light to cross to submit their games in the newly supported mango country, along with any game ratings information via hub App.
RC version of the SDK is not the final SDK, but is still set to arrive in September this year, presumably along with mango and public launch.
But there's a bit of bad news: Although mangos apps will arrive on the market back-end systems, those of you running mango beta build will not be able to run them yet. You'll have to wait until September, like everyone else!
Update: Android now has 250 K apps, Google spokesman tells us.
Update 2: we see that Microsoft's blog says there are "almost" 30000 apps. For what it's worth, the statement we got from Microsoft to post going read as follows: "... all Windows phone application and 30000 game titles will run on mango. (This is the first time we've Shared The 30 k Figure publicly). "
Whether it's "almost or exactly 30000 splitting hairs a bit, but is well worth noting.
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