Windows 8 is less than three weeks away from its release date and still they don’t have enough apps for their operating system. By the end of last week they only had 2000 apps in Microsoft's Windows Store. Some says that they won’t be able to reach 3000 apps before launch date. But Microsoft's VP (Keith Lorizio) for sales and marketing says in an interview that the operating system would see over 100,000 apps by February, 2013. He also says over 400 million people will be using Win 8 by July, 2013.
"We know that we have to have a very healthy ecosystem of apps, and we're putting millions of dollars against the effort and working with publishers in order to get their apps live as quickly as possible", Lorizio said. Win 8 OS will be available on tablets, phones, laptops/ultrabooks and hybrids. "Not just across the PC, but across mobile, across Xbox, and across the phone" Lorizio said.
The Windows store apps will include paid advertisements according to the Lorizio. And he states that this won’t be a disturbance for users. Instead, he claims that although every advertisement will be integrated, from his own words they will be "beautiful, relevant and useful".
Windows 8 launches on Oct. 26. Microsoft is holding an event to "celebrate" Windows 8 on Oct. 25, launching its first Windows 8 product a midnight.
Watch the video of the interview below.
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