Windows Phone 7 Numbers: 1.5 million downloads, 36,000 mobile app developers and 11,500 apps.
Apr 1, 2011 News, Windows Mobile
Brandon Watson, Sr. Director, Windows Phone, in a blog post has revealed some key numbers related to Windows Phone 7 app market place. Here are some of the key numbers related to Windows Phone 7-
- The Windows Phone Developer Tools have been downloaded over 1.5 million times.
- 36,000 developers are part of Windows Phone developer community.
- There are 11,500 apps in the Windows Phone 7 app store.
- 7,500 apps are paid in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.
- Windows are adding 1,200 newly registered mobile app developers every week.
- 1,100 apps are generating revenue for mobile app developers using the Microsoft Advertising Ad Control.
- Users have downloaded an average of 12 apps each month.
- Average time to certify an app in the Market Place is 1.8 days.
- 62% apps pass certification on their first attempt.
- Of all the paid apps, 44% of them include access to a Trial version.
- 40% of the registered mobile app developers have published an app or game.
Tags: app store data, mobile app developers, Windows Phone 7
Windows encourages mobile app developers to get into Windows phone 7 app development
Nov 11, 2010 Mobile Development, News, Windows Mobile
Microsoft encouraging Windows 7 mobile app development by allowing free developer registrations . Now its high time for Microsoft to get back into mobile market again . Check out the mail from Microsoft’s development team below :
I’m Jacob Mullins, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft. My focus is to help software developers be more successful, and with the upcoming launch of Windows Phone 7 I wanted to make it easier for mobile app developers, like you, to get your Windows Phone 7 apps to market faster.
Thus, we created the Windows Phone 7 Developer Program which provides you with:
- An easy development roadmap
- 1-to-1 expert technical support
- Code samples and snippets
- Easy ways to monetize your app via the first real-time mobile ad exchange built by Microsoft Advertising.
Register for the free Windows Phone 7 Developer Program today!
If you’d like to know more about the Windows Phone 7 Developer Program, please don’t hesitate to contact me via LinkedIn.
Jacob Mullins
Partner Development Manager, Microsoft
Tags: developers, development, Mobile Development
Microsoft Unveils New Mobile Operating System Windows Phone 7
Oct 12, 2010 News, Windows Mobile
A new mobile phone operating system was unveiled by Microsoft on Monday at New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, took the wraps off nine mobile phones powered by Windows Phone 7 (WP7) at the event.
Ballmer said more than 60 mobile operators around the world will offer the devices, made by South Korea’s Samsung and LG Electronics, Taiwan’s HTC and Dell, the US computer giant, in more than 30 countries.
“We have built a different kind of a phone,” Ballmer said. “We set out to build a phone that was thoroughly modern.”
Ballmer said Microsoft is emphasizing personalization and customization with WP7, the first significant update to its mobile operating system in 18 months.
“We focused on the things that real people really want to use,” he said. “We really put our energy into bringing together the things that you love.”
Smartphones powered by WP7 will run email from various services — not just Microsoft’s Hotmail — integrate calendars, contacts and social networks and allow for documents to be viewed, edited and shared using Microsoft Office.
WP7, which represents a shift for Microsoft from the enterprise market to the consumer, will also allow users to tap into Microsoft’s Zune music player platform and to access mobile versions of Xbox 360 games.
US telecom carrier AT&T showed off three devices which will sell for around 200 dollars in the United States, about the same price as Apple’s iPhone.
Another US carrier, T-Mobile, will offer two WP7-powered devices in November.
Tags: Windows Mobile 7, windows phone
Windows Phone 7 App Building Tools Coming on Sept. 16
Aug 24, 2010 Windows Mobile
Microsoft said on Monday that on September 16, app building tools for Windows phone 7 are coming. The app building tools were available in beta test form for several months and the final developer tools will be available next month. Microsoft also released a 12-hour training course for developers on this.
Microsoft is also launching its new mobile operating system this Autumn to compete with the success of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems.
The success of Windows Phone 7 will depend on the apps, which is what made iPhone and Android’s success. The type and quality of apps for Windows Phone 7 will depend on the mobile application developers which is why Microsoft is making a big deal about the tools.
Here is the Microsoft blog item detailing the new app building tools coming.
Tags: Windows Mobile 7, windows phone
Microsoft Apologizes For Its Kin's ad
Apr 19, 2010 Windows Mobile
Microsoft’s newly unveiled Kin is a handset that aims primarily at social networking for teenagers which has led Microsoft in so much trouble.
The Ad depicts a bunch of youngster at a party , towards the end of the video a guy snaps a pic of his chest and sends it to a young girl in the party , who is amused to see the topless pic . 
Microsoft has apologized for the Sexting issue which has been reported for the Kin’s Ad by the consumer reports which made this ad a big issue for Microsoft . Sexting which the Wikipedia defines as “the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs electronically, primarily between mobile phones.”. Microsoft has now edited the ad after all these problems came in and the new ad doesn’t contain any offending content rest of the video is the same .
A spokesperson said, “Microsoft takes the issue of sexting very seriously and it was never our intent to promote it in any way.”
I think Microsoft has done a wise thing by pulling out the advertisement .
Tags: kin ad, kin sexting issue, kin video, microsoft ad, microsoft kin issues
Windows Mobile 7 Won't Run Current Applications
Mar 9, 2010 Windows Mobile
Microsoft has reconfirmed that its new software platform for smartphones (popularly referred to by bloggers as Windows Mobile 7) would not be backward compatible. The new phones, expected after August this year, won’t be able to run applications written for older versions of Microsoft phones.
According to Microsoft executive Charlie Kindel, a senior member of the Windows Mobile 7 team, not supporting older applications was necessary to make the new operating system as powerful and user-friendly as possible.
The statement was made on the eve of MIX (an annual event sponsored by Microsoft for developers in Las Vegas, every year in March, and focussed mainly on Microsoft products).
The announcement will disappoint companies that have developed their own software applications for Windows phones issued to their employees. The news also leaves software developers with a difficult choice: either write applications for Windows Mobile 6.5, which is available in the market now but will soon be obsolete, or write for Windows Mobile 7, which is vapourware.
Mobile phone manufacturers today compete by providing an ecosystem (consisting of generally free software tools and a “marketplace”) to entrepreneurial developers to develop and sell all kinds of applications which would attract buyers to their products, and everyone is trying to catch up to Apple’s spectacularly successful App Store. Microsoft is essentially junking thousands of applications written for earlier different versions of Windows Mobile.
This may not be a great loss. Many of those legacy Windows applications have archaic user interfaces compared to the slick iPhone and Android apps of today. Most were also designed for phones that relied on a stylus instead of fingers. Windows Mobile 7 phones are designed for touch screens that work much better with fingers.
Are You a Mobile Developer Waiting for Windows Phone 7 Series
Mar 5, 2010 Windows Mobile
Microsoft just unveiled its Windows Phone 7 Last month and if you are already excited about what new possibilities would it bring for the mobile application developers, there are enough reasons to be happy.
Charlie Kindel wrote on his blog yesterday about what Windows Phone 7 would mean for application developers. He has mentioned that Windows Phone 7 is going to be completely different from what Microsoft has done in the mobile space before and is also going to be pretty different from the other existing phones.
Windows Phone 7 Series would be highly focused on end user experience and this would also extend to the developer platform. Based on the feedback they collected from mobile developers around the world Microsoft has actually changed its strategy to accommodate what developers have asked of them.
Charlie mentions that there are three basic goals for the Windows 7 Platform..
- Enable end users to be able to personalize their phone experience through a large library of innovative, compelling, games and applications.
- Enable developers to profit.
- Advance the “3 screen plus cloud” vision
And when they talk about Profit for mobile developers they just don’t mean money. Charlie clearly states that they are also considering those other mobile developers who are interested in advancing their knowledge and learning and those few developers who are more interested in the fame and pride that they earn from some of their most successful apps than the money it brings in. So, if you are a mobile developer and contemplating what Windows phone 7 series would have in store for you – the picture looks really bright, there is something for everyone.
Ref: http://blogs.msdn.com/ckindel/archive/2010/03/04/yes-it-is-an-older-mockup.aspx
Tags: Charlie Kindel, Microsoft, mobile developers, Windows Phone 7 Series
