Lumia phones look sleek and spiffy, with live, tiled icons that automatically update news, weather, pictures and social feeds. And Nokia, struggling to reclaim smartphone handset market share from nimbler rivals such as Apple and Samsung Electronics, launched its Lumia line of phones running on Mango late last year. Microsoft launched its latest Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, Mango, last year to good reviews. “Mobile developers’ interest for the Windows platform has been for the least very lukewarm over the last two years, with no sign of improvement,” Sanford C. That number, slightly down from the previous survey, compared with the 89 percent interested in iPhone and 79 percent in Android phones. Worse still, only 37 percent of developers are keen to make apps for Windows Phone, showed the latest IDC/Appcelerator survey. But that is still far short of around half a million apps available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, according to app researcher Distimo. The number of apps available in the Windows Phone Marketplace now exceeds 65,000, surpassing those at another rival Research in Motion’s BlackBerry store. ![]() Most popular global apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Evernote are available on the Windows Phone platform, but makers of many niche or local apps have shied away. The move underscores the seriousness with which the two companies view the problem. ![]() On Monday, Microsoft and Nokia said they would invest a total of 18 million euros ($23.9 million) into a new mobile application development program, AppCampus, at Helsinki’s Aalto University during the next three years. ![]() The huge number and variety of apps in Apple and Google stores are a key factor that has helped the companies emerge as dominant players in the lucrative smartphone market. REUTERS/Albert GeaĪnd so far the going does not look too good for the challengers and their warhorse Windows Phone platform.Īpps, short for applications, are small pieces of software that do useful or fun things on cellphones. A visitor talks on his phone next to a Windows Phone advertisement during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2012.
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