The Windows phone Marketplace has now exceeded 100,000 apps 
after just 20 months. An article on a website called All About Windows Phone states that on June 3rd 2012 the Windows phone Marketplace has exactly 100,145 applications, this total includes all the applications that have ever been sent to the Marketplace. Applications that were and are only offered on a regional bases were also included. The site went on to say that Applications that were released and discontinued for whatever reason where also added to the total.
The Windows phone Marketplace now seems to be growing at a rapid rate of over 300 apps per day on average. If the store keeps growing at this rate it will not be too long before it becomes a credible challenger to Android and IOS. Android actually had less apps than Microsoft when their store was at the same point in history, Android took as long as 24 months to get to 100,00 apps. However its worth pointing out that the App store only took 16 months to achieve 100,000 applications.
The most popular category within the Windows phone Marketplace according to AAWP is Entertainment, which has a total of 18,867 apps and the average price of an app was $0.99.
The steady growth of the Windows Mobile OS is promising. If Microsoft can play their cards right, it has the opportunity to become a formidable player in the mobile tech world of the future.
