In amongst a blog post detailing Nokia's new Lumia 928, Microsoft has pegged the number of apps available for Windows Phone at 145,000.
Said figure is noteworthy, not just because it depicts the continued expansion of what many believe is the third major ecosystem in the smartphone race, but also because it suggests the platform's growth is slowing.
Slowing pains
Back at the end of February, we reported that the Windows Phone Store was sitting at 130,000 apps.
75 days later, however, and said total has only grown by 15,000 titles, equating to around 200 new apps a day.
Not exactly a rate to be sniffed at - it's unlikely any consumer on the planet would be able to muster the funds or time to sample 200 new releases every 24 hours - but, by our calculations, it's 20 percent down on the 250 new apps a day the Store was amassing back in February 2012.
A touch worrying for Microsoft, then, as it looks to secure third spot in the smartphone race ahead of BlackBerry.
[source: Microsoft]
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