By Chuong Nguyen, Gotta Be Mobile
Windows Phone. Photo from extremetech.com
Sure, Windows Phone may be able to boast that its catalog now exceeds 200,000 appsand include big titles like Netflix, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, but Microsoft still has a lot more work to do to keep the platform competitive, at least at the content level.
“We’re already seeing momentum build with the Store surpassing 12 million transactions per day and Windows Phone Store surpassing 200,000 apps,” Microsoft said in a blog post.
Currently, the Windows Phone Store–the official and only way to get apps onto a Windows Phone smartphone–gives users access to only apps and music.
However, where the storefront for Microsoft’s mobile platform is lacking is in other digital content, such as videos, TV shows, movies, books, and magazines.
These content are offered similarly on Google’s Play Store, Apple’s iOS App Store and iTunes Store, and Amazon’s digital storefronts. As Windows Phone matures and the hardware is ever more capable, the lack of these different types of content becomes glaringly obvious.
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