Can Windows 8 give developers what iOS and Android lack?

November 08, 2012

Microsoft's newly released OS, Windows 8, starts its bold new life at the crossroads of PCs and tablets, and consumers and businesses. While analysts predict that the adoption of the new OS will take time, there is one critical area where it can't afford to fall behind: apps. Microsoft has been wooing developers to get on the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 bandwagon. The PC landscape that Microsoft dominated for decades has morphed into a mobile battlefield besieged by iPads, iPhones, and Android tablets and smartphones. There is an army of existing Windows developers, but the Windows Store contains only about 10,000 apps. The Apple App Store, by comparison, has 700,000. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.cio.com/article/721001/Can_Windows_8_Give_Developers_What_iOS_and_Android_Lack?_