When it comes to downloading apps, most smartphone users think there are exactly two places to go: the iTunes App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android. But what many of these users might not know or what they may be choosing to ignore is that there's actually another shop on the block that is slowly growing its catalog and I'm not talking about BlackBerry App World.
With over 70, apps and games available, and roughly new titles added every day, the Windows Phone Marketplace certainly looks like it's on an upswing, which is great.
But for anyone thinking of picking up a Windows Phone device, the number of apps is probably not quite as important as the actual titles that are available. To help answer that question, I took a look at 20 popular apps across all categories that are available on iOS and Android devices, and I looked to see if I could get them from the Windows Phone Marketplace. Here's what I found:. While my sampling was by no means scientific, I still believe my findings are an accurate representation of what's going on across these ecosystems right now.
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