Windows Phone OS becomes 3rd choice for customers

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) was launched earlier this year with Microsoft convinced it would be an overnight success.  This immediate success was not the case but thankfully, after some time, development and updates Windows phone has now firmly wrestled itself into the top 3 smartphone OS.  The Windows marketplace is now home to more than 30,000 applications, a figure that has taken them nearly 10 months to reach and has now made Windows phone OS the 3^rd choice for customers.

According to a dedicated WP7 tracking site, around 51% of available apps are free, while the average price for a paid app comes in at just under £1.  So with WP7 taking 3^rd place in the great smartphone battle, this is how the running currently looks:-

**1^st**Apple iOS
**2^nd **Android
3^rd Windows Phone 7

Windows phone 7 may be third but this is definitely something for Microsoft to be happy about, they are ahead of Blackberry’s RIM and Nokia’s Symbian, two of there competitors who have been around for far longer than WP7.