Microsoft celebrates Windows Phone 7 anniversary with impressive numbers

By on Mar 31, 2011 at 7:06 PM
mobile March 31, 2011

Microsoft first took the wraps off its Windows Phone 7 platform at its MIX10 conference in March 2010. At that time, Microsoft began a long and important process of courting developers, distributing developer tools and giving interested parties an ecosystem that would allow them to thrive. Now, one year later, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Director Brandon Watson shares some numbers regarding developer involvement with the Windows Phone platform. So far, Microsoft’s Windows Phone developer tools have been downloaded 1.5 million times by 36,000 registered developers. About 1,200 new developers register for the Windows Phone developer program each week. The Windows Marketplace is now home to 11,500 apps, 7,500 of which are paid, and Windows Phone users download an average of 12 apps each month. Developer adoption of the Windows Phone platform will likely continue to accelerate as developers prepare for the sales surge expected when Nokia finally begins bringing Windows Phones to market.

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  • http://twitter.com/willsours Will Sours

    So, basically, they still haven’t sold any actual phones yet?

    • Vieagle

      Do you truly believe that that many developers would subscribe to something that doesn’t sell. have fun with whichever other phone you use, and keep your head in the sand for a bit longer;)

    • Anonymous

      I’m sure they have sold a decent amount. In a market already dominated by iOS / Android / BB they did pretty good for that. And they will do better, all they need is to start putting in better hardware and a flagship WP7 phone. (something like the Nexus S).

      I’m still looking forward to that ASUS phone we saw awhile ago. I will be jumping the ship from android to WP7, the day that comes out.

    • bill

      Not to mention they only have hardware on 2 networks in the US, one of which is the dead last network.

      • bill

        That’s pretty good considering is the tone I was going for.

  • Anonymous

    One number is missing.

  • Marc

    And, 25% of all Americans believe that Obama was born in Kenya, proving once again you can fool some of the people some of the time. Microsoft and Windows did it with Vista and now with the Windows phone.

    • Anonymous

      Actually, it’s closer to 48% or something.

      Wimpy7s, runaway success parallel to Zune?

  • Len

    I dont get why people have so much hate on WP7.
    Im not a big fan of the Iphone but it works for people who want it.
    It hasnt even been a year. Give the phone a real chance.
    every phone has its strength and weakness.

    Unless you have extensively used all the phones OS on the market and compared them I don’t think you have a right to bash an OS. Especially if you have never used, or your use of it consist of playing with it for bout 10 min.

  • drudo

    Now bring it to Verizon.

  • heyhey

    people who bash wp7 are phandroids who are scared as heck from the impending success of both wp7 and webos. i said a million time and will say it again: android is successful only because the average non-techy consumers have no other option than apple. the moment HP an MS get their act together, android will be over, at least in the mainstream sense. and given the versatility of google and their resilience, they will go ahead and pull the plug on android with no qualms whatsoever just like the way they did it with buzz and wave.

    here is why wp7 will succeed: it is a beautifully designed OS that is quick and very user-friendly. webos will succeed for the same reason, as long as HP gets the ball rolling. android will end up failing for the opposite reasons (ugly, user unfriendly, geeky, laggy, poor video and media support, fragmentation, crappy apps and disinterested apathetic developers). google is a great company and i think many years will pass before something as incredible and brilliant as google maps comes out. i am also crazy about google calendar and goodle docs and gmail. but android is one of google’s not so shiny moments. and to all the android hopefuls who think that at some point matias will improve the look of android and that hardware accel will come, keep in mind it aint happening because the os needs to be redesigned from the ground up and that is not worth google’s time and money….

    • Anonymous

      If I may be allowed to expand on your post Mr heyhey.

      The problem I see here is both the ignorant iSheep and brain dead fandroid crowds are scared to death of competition. Do I have any love for Mircocrap? The answer is a resounding NO. Do I want WP7 and HP’s WebOs to succeed? YES. Why? Because its good healthy competition that offers me more choices that’s why. If the ignorant brain dead cool aid swilling crowds had their way there would be nothing but iOS and Android. My view is screw you assholes I want a wide variety of choices when it comes to platforms. I want something I can pick that works for me not something the brain dead zombies rave is good for me. I’ll make my own decisions thank you very much and all the fandroids and iSheep can shove their opinions straight where the sun doesn’t shine.

      P.S.

      I think I speak for the average user on the net when I say the following. Would all you Apple fanboys and Google fandroids just STFU already and just go away. None of us give a shit about your stupid little plastic phones or your OS wars or who has more apps or if your phone can reach out and jerk you off. We only care that whatever we choose to buy works for us we don’t give a shit if you approve or not.

      P.S.S.

      Before some dick head comes on here and types another stupid post. ANDROID ISN’T REALLY OPEN YOU FUCKING DICK HEAD. It’s all a MARKETING SCAM used to con DUMB ASSHOLES like you into THROWING YOUR MONEY AWAY into the Goggle mobile platform. Whether you want to admit it or not doesn’t matter it’s the truth so live with it moron. Rooting and jailbreaking amounts to the SAME FUCKING THING YOU BRAIN DEAD IDIOT.

    • http://twitter.com/palfrei Peter Palfrei

      I’m an Android user and I’m ok with it but not happy. My Milestone runs on 2.1 and I don’t have any more space left to install programs because most updates are meant for the newer versions of Android that support SD installation.

      It’s embarrassing and infuriating, my phone wasn’t cheap and I deserve to have at least one more upgrade to make it more usable.

      I’m considering getting a WinPhn7 device if things with Android don’t improve.

      I must remark that I don’t live in the USA so I don’t have the same number of choices you have whenever purchasing a new phone: HTC doesn’t sell anything in my country.

  • Mr_c0w

    So the developers downloaded the tools 41.67 times each?
    ” So far, Microsoft’s Windows Phone developer tools have been downloaded 1.5 million times by 36,000 registered developers.”

  • http://twitter.com/_MoMoSt Chancellor MoMoSt

    i’m guessing that apple,symbian,bada,android all started off with the number of apps that they currently have. People love making themselves look stupid with their wanna be “fanboy” comments. Let’s get our facts straight and be realistic.

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