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Microsoft expands Windows Phone Store to 42 new markets

Posted: 30 Nov 2012, 20:59, by Michael H.

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Microsoft expands Windows Phone Store to 42 new markets

The Windows Phone Store has always been one of the number one things that people point to when talking about the limitations of the platform. As far as features go, Windows Phone does well, and has quite a lot to offer, but the Windows Phone Store has been lagging behind both in apps available and regions from which the store is accessible. Well, Microsoft is trying to catch up a bit more by expanding the store to 42 new markets.

The markets added are: Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (DRC), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

This brings the total to for the Windows Phone Store to113 markets, and at least makes Windows Phone comparable to iOS (155 markets) and Android (129 markets.)

source: Microsoft via The Next Web

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1. JC557 posted on 30 Nov 2012, 22:55 3 0

Ahh, MS's answer to all their questions. ;)

12. Nadr1212 posted on 01 Dec 2012, 09:28 1 0

What about Egypt????

2. ZexyZahid posted on 01 Dec 2012, 00:56 5 1

Thanks from Pakistan :-P

3. drahmad posted on 01 Dec 2012, 01:59 0 0

YEP, THATS GOOD:P

4. drahmad posted on 01 Dec 2012, 02:00 0 3

AN INDIAN HAS GIVEN YOU red thumb

7. hunted posted on 01 Dec 2012, 06:56 1 0

drahmad, why are you talking unnecessarily? India already has wp market.

8. drahmad posted on 01 Dec 2012, 07:23 0 3

i know, but the only explanation to that red thumb is India.

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10. hunted posted on 01 Dec 2012, 07:33 0 0

how are you predicting it buddy

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5. omarr posted on 01 Dec 2012, 03:58 0 0

All the GCC countries are there , except Kuwait. ARE YOU KIDDING ME MICROSOFT

9. drahmad posted on 01 Dec 2012, 07:24 0 2

Kuwait is like a a small town

19. omarr posted on 08 Dec 2012, 11:29 0 0

It is bigger than Qatar and Bahrain

6. kach22 posted on 01 Dec 2012, 06:52 0 1

I almost bought the Lumia 800 but after knowing that it won't be updated to wp 8, ended up buying a high end HTC android and never regretted that. Now that the wp store is available in my country I am tempted to buy the new Lumia or HTC wp8 phones. Just wondering whether this os is similar to iOS or not. Last time I used iOS I couldn't helped hating it. My daughter now use the iOS device as her mp3 player.

14. Bilpocalypse posted on 01 Dec 2012, 11:40 1 0

The OS is unique amongst the rest, it shares a few similarities to both of the other platforms, but has ways that it completely sets itself apart. As far as whether you like it, you would have to try it out for yourself. People spend all this time arguing which platform is better than which, when the truth is... its all preference. While I personally prefer the WP8 platform, each is fantastic in its own way.

11. omar98 posted on 01 Dec 2012, 08:16 0 0

Egypt please?

13. mobilefuture posted on 01 Dec 2012, 10:12 0 0

Yay Pakistan! :)

15. Thephonegeek posted on 02 Dec 2012, 02:24 0 0

Yahoo. It has reached my country. But sadly no windows phones has officially reached here.

16. shahzaibnasar posted on 02 Dec 2012, 03:19 0 0

i just wanted to know is it just for wp8 or wp7 too?

17. asseek posted on 02 Dec 2012, 07:09 0 0

where can i find if Lebanon is among the countries that have a windows phone market??

18. Alex123 posted on 04 Dec 2012, 03:51 0 0

Pity Small country like Cambodia. I do love Microsoft OS powerred by Nokia

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1. JC557 posted on 30 Nov 2012, 22:55 3 0

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4. drahmad posted on 01 Dec 2012, 02:00 0 3

7. hunted posted on 01 Dec 2012, 06:56 1 0

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10. hunted posted on 01 Dec 2012, 07:33 0 0

5. omarr posted on 01 Dec 2012, 03:58 0 0

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6. kach22 posted on 01 Dec 2012, 06:52 0 1

14. Bilpocalypse posted on 01 Dec 2012, 11:40 1 0

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