When should you expect to see every major app released on iOS and Android to also get released on Windows Phone? According to Microsoft’s Windows Phone boss Joe Belfiore, the company will have completely eliminated its app gap with rival platforms by “the end of 2014.” Writing on his Twitter account, Belfiore has been crowing recently about Microsoft getting big-name apps such as Instagram and Flipboard while proclaiming on Wednesday that “the 3rd ecosystem is decidedly here!”
Windows Phone has showed some definite momentum throughout 2013 and has soundly beaten out BlackBerry for the No. 3 spot in the mobile operating system market. The big hope for the company is that it can build up enough market share where it no longer has to chase down app developers because up-and-coming developers will want to build apps for Windows Phone just as much as they want to build apps for iOS and Android.
