14 DAY TRIAL // There are more than 70,000 apps available in the Windows Store right now, but the company still needs to continue its efforts to convince developers to port their apps to the new OS.
At least, that’s what Gartner analyst Tracy Tsai was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as saying today.
While Tsai explained that more developers would bring their apps on Windows 8 as the operating system gained new users, she also added that the company still had a lot of work to do when it came to competing against rivals Google and Apple.
“A main challenge for Microsoft is its number of apps is still limited compared to Google and Apple. More and more users are familiar with apps on their smartphones, and they would like to extend their use of these apps to their tablets,” Tsai explained.
Windows Blue, the first Windows 8 upgrade due this summer, is also expected to attract more developers and increase the number of apps available in the Store.