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These, and others, are the same apps that I've been griping about for over a year, and they're still not supported."Īlthough Facebook has yet to appear on Windows 8 and Windows RT, in June Microsoft said that the social network had committed to developing an app. "The numbers just reinforce the challenge that Windows 8 still has in apps," said Moorhead.
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He was referring to the September 2011 debut of Windows 8, when Microsoft began distributing a preview of the OS at its BUILD developers conference, where it touted Windows 8's radical UI and the app model that would battle Android and iOS on tablets. "But I reject the notion that it's been less than a year. It is a very nice analysis, and for me passes the smell test," said Moorhead. "I don't know about you, but for a new platform that is less than a year old, having 100,000 apps - including 54% of the top 100 apps - is not bad at all," Landry argued. To Landry, who heads Infragistics' mobile development tools group, the 54-out-of-100 was impressive. Of the 100 apps on Landry's list - everything from ABC News and Citibank to HBO GO and Zillow - the Windows Store had just 54, slightly more than half. Nick Landry, a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and product manager at Infragistics, a New Jersey maker of user interface (UI) development tools, came up with a "must-have" list based on the top 100 iOS apps, then dove into the Google Play, Windows Store and Windows Phone Store outlets to count how many Android, Windows 8 and Windows Phone versions were available. Moorhead, who has been critical of Microsoft's app strategy since before the launch of Windows 8 last October, was reacting Wednesday to an analysis of the current state of the Windows Store, which distributes Windows 8 and Windows RT "Modern," née "Metro" apps. "Even when Microsoft rounds out the catalog, Windows 8 will have a lingering perception issue with consumers," Moorhead contended. And that reputation will stick - and the taint stink - long after the developers of the must-have apps have created something for Windows 8.
