disolitude said:
Explain how? They have just under 80,000 apps for Windows phone in less than a year and a half. Its' growing almost as fast as iOS app store did when it came out and much faster than Android app store did. Not to mention their dev tools are class leading and support they provide developers is first rate. Here is a cool article about it - |
Not looking to pick a fight here, it's just that I've never heard of a cool Windows Phone 7 exclusive app, nor have I heard any grand Window Phone 7 developer success stories. I'm really not prepared to comment on the quality and breadth of those 80,000 apps.
You're right that Microsoft is trying really hard with dev tools and incentive programs, but at the end of the day, what they need is a market that will buy apps. One of the "successful" developers in that story has moved 30,000 downloads of a free and ad-free app, thereby generating zero revenue. Hobbyist developers can do some cool stuff from time to time, but professional developers usually require a paycheck at the end of the day.
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