Is 30,000 apps for Windows Phone 7 a big deal?

Really? 30,000 apps isn't enough for you? I maybe use 25 apps total... 30,000 seems plenty to pick from without getting too lost in an overwhelming number of crap apps.

Android is a joke for most average folks. The battery doesn't last long because it's a true desktop OS that was ported to a mobile platform so there's always tons of processes running in the background consuming CPU cycles which eats up the battery. Also the platform itself has some stability questions, as do the apps.
Without a doubt, WP7 Mango, and next WP7 Apollo are MUCH better options for an average consumer. Much easier to use, much more reliable, and the battery lasts longer.
Look how far WP has come in less than 1 year! Imagine how good it's going to be in another year from now!

Originally posted by Myker:

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Really? 30,000 apps isn't enough for you? I maybe use 25 apps total... 30,000 seems plenty to pick from without getting too lost in an overwhelming number of crap apps.

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I charge my HD2 with Android every night, but it lasts a good two days anyways.

I honestly think that WP7 isnt a bad OS and that IF i ever got a smartphone I think I would get a WP7. That being said, just because I like it doesn't the sheep like masses will...

apps on Windows Phone are factually growing at the faster rate than Androids app market did. Windows Phone reached 30k app milestone way before Android did. The Mango update is stellar, it really makes Windows Phone great, because first it brings everything that was missing, second it simplified and shortened steps for everything that already was there, and third it actually brought some features that neither iPhone or Android has. For Q4 it will unquestionably be able to hold best mobile OS title against iOS5 and Android latest updates. Now it’s up to phone makers and carriers to bring it to market this holyday season. But regardless Nokia is one who will really show Windows Phone to masses.

Depends. On how many of them are actually quality apps. All I see on the hundreds of thousands of Apps on iTunes is tens of thousands of apps that do the same thing like make fart noises or trick your friends into thinking you have some sort of advanced security on your iPhone.

Quality over Quantity any day.

I still love WP7 OS when I tried it out, but the hardware and lack of choice per carrier were horrible. Microsoft keeps trying to make a comeback, CES, MWC 2011, but they fail every time. By mid next-year, if they don't release good enough hardware to compete with awesome android phones, there’s no chance in hell this will succeed and MS has spent we'll over half a billion in just the first year. The GSII lookalike will have me sold, IF they bring it to both Bell and Telus. Hopefully not like last year, were the only good WP7 in Canada (Samsung Focus) went to the most expensive carrier (Rogers).

I got a WP7 because the HD7 had the largest screen size T-mobile offered at the time. My main complaints with WP7 will be solved with Mango other than that its a solid OS.

Looking through the iOS App Store you realise that quite a lot of the apps are very similar, and are normally of a poor quality. This can also be said for the Android Marketplace.

Microsoft having 30,000 apps is an amazing achievement. The marketplace has a variety of brilliantly programmed applications and games.

All of these give me headaches. crApple, OShit and the rest are all toys.
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