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Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform was not the most loved on the market, but their Windows Phone 7 platform has been gaining positive momentum. There are now over 10,000 Windows mobile apps available for download in the Windows app store, and this milestone was surpassed in under five months.

That is the fastest that any mobile platform has grown their app store, including Android which took 11 months to surpass the 10,000 app mark. The fact that Microsoft has also inked a deal with Nokia to power all of their future devices with the Windows 7 platform is likely also driving increased app development for the platform. Microsoft has been able to lure consumers in with fancy hardware and a nice looking UI, but keeping them will mean capitalizing on their app store to make the platform flourish.

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Using a mobile app on your smart phone or mobile phone has many benefits. One of the first is the ability to access a range of applications that can enhance the entertainment value of your mobile phone. this can mean that individuals will be able to play over one thousand kinds of small games on their mobile phone. This will ensure that you are entertained no matter where you are.

In addition to this, individuals can also find a range of mobile apps that are useful for every day life. Such apps include calculators, dictionaries and even camera apps that will allow you to take photos using your mobile phone. The benefit of using such apps will allow individuals convenience but also most of them are generally for free.

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Many individuals are attracted to the new idea of downloading and purchasing a mobile app to give you further benefits and joys from using your mobile phone. This new trend has therefore lured more spammers to target individuals with mobile phones.

It can be very easy to assume that the mobile app that you have downloaded does not have any spam or viruses built in to it. To make sure however, individuals should always make their purchase from reliable sources. If you are intending to get apps for free, you should make sure that you do a virus scan check. Having a anti virus program built into your mobile phone can also help avoid any issues of identity theft and fraud.