The amount of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace
Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has now reported to have passed 25,000 apps by one site tracking comings and goings within it. (source: WindowsPhoneAppslist, July 2011)
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I thought the point of having EeePC's was to have a low priced, ultraportable !?!
f this thing costs twice as much wouldn't it be simpler to buy one of Acer's (or HP's) laptops?
It doesn't cost twice as much, the article is misleading. They're assuming that XP will only come on the high end model with a 9" screen and 12gb SSD which costs $600. The lowest end model comes with Linux, a 7" screen and a 2gb SSD and costs $300. That's where they're getting their misleading 2:1 price figure. More likely the XP version will only cost about $50 more than a similarly configured Linux eee PC.
For an extra $50 a lot of people will choose the XP machine simply because of the support, familiarity, and larger amount of compatible software.