{"id":14893,"date":"2012-01-13T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=14893"},"modified":"2024-01-13T08:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T14:04:52","slug":"windows-phone-surpasses-fifty-thousand-apps-and-other-cool-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2012\/01\/windows-phone-surpasses-fifty-thousand-apps-and-other-cool-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Phone surpasses fifty thousand apps and other cool facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"14895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2012\/01\/windows-phone-surpasses-fifty-thousand-apps-and-other-cool-facts\/wp7infographic-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg?fit=376%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"376,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp7infographic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg?fit=376%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg?resize=376%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\" title=\"wp7infographic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg?w=376&amp;ssl=1 376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg?resize=300%2C612&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wp7infographic1.jpg?resize=180%2C367&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windows Phone ecosystem is getting bigger. They&#8217;ve recently surpassed 50k applications available for download. But that&#8217;s not all. &nbsp;In 2011, the average WP7 users downloaded 48 apps, out-ranking Android (30) yet below iOS (83). I do believe, however, that this has a lot to do with Google services being built in to Android. Also, I&#8217;m probably talking out of my ass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While games make up 14% of apps in the store, they make up 64% of the paid apps downloaded (probably thanks to big names like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja) and 31% of the free apps downloaded. It&#8217;s also noted that 56% of users bill their carrier for apps directly, as opposed to using a credit card. Microsoft touts this as a very easy way to sell apps, because the end-user doesn&#8217;t have to worry about their credit card information floating around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a good start for Windows Phone. I&#8217;m a fan of the OS, and with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2012\/01\/nokia-must-listen-to-the-noisecast-lumia-900-coming-to-att-with-ffc\/\">new hardware<\/a>&nbsp;coming out, I think that they&#8217;re ready to hit the big time. Perhaps Windows and Android <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2012\/01\/android-on-intel-processors-is-bigger-than-you-think\/\">could change<\/a> places for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/windows_phone\/b\/wpdev\/archive\/2012\/01\/11\/windows-phone-2011-retrospective.aspx\">Windows Team Blog<\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zuneboards.com\/61844\/some-wp7-app-stats\">Zune Boards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Phone apps BOOM!  Downloads double Android, games rule &#038; carrier billing rocks. 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