>>Number of apps does not equate to quality of apps. There are lots of duplicate apps in the marketplace. Go look at prediction from Gartner, Forrester, Boston Group, and others about where the phone market is going. iPhone will still be the king, but Windows Phone will rise to number two.
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>Reality check : Samsung on its own is already overtaking Apple...

I guess they meant app gross without specifying, where apple is still king.
Which is not a bad measure if you plan to sell phone apps.