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Windows Phone in Numbers

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A new version of “Dude, Where Is My Update?” (marketplace link) was published last night and it now includes some interesting stats.  Here are some of the more interesting stats:

The most popular phone so far is Samsung Focus standing at about 42%. 

Interestingly, 38% of users have the latest version of Windows Phone 7 i.e. version 7.0.7390.  This leaves me wondering why they downloaded my app in the first place.  I am assuming they did it for the stats. 

Another interesting tidbit is that 62% of users are in the US.

Surprises

Dell Venue: One surprise was that the Dell Venue is not as popular as I thought – standing at a mere 1.5%.  This surprised me because I have seen the Dell phone and it rocks.

Samsung Focus: 20% of Samsung Focus phones have the NoDo update – I am assuming they used the Chevron workaround or they have an unlocked phone somehow

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Here is a screenshot at 9:50 AM EST of the global stats (numbers are going exponentially)

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IMPORTANT: Please keep in mind that this is based on the number of users using my app and is not indicative of the total number of actual windows phone users.  Although, it does give an idea on what phones are popular and the available versions in the market. 

Promote Your Windows Phone 7 App – Limited Time

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I am running a limited time trial to test my in-app advertising system and its effectiveness.  If you are interested and want to promote your Windows Phone 7 app for free, then email me at wp7ads at dotnetfactory.com.  Your ad will show up in my app “Dude, Where Is My Update?”.  You could potentially receive thousands of impressions – no promises though :)

This is a limited time offer and only a few slots are available.  Your ad can be an image or text and will show up as shown below. 

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Dude, Where Is My Update? Plus Stats.

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UPDATE: App is now live in the marketplace – download link

UPDATE 2: See some interesting windows phone 7 stats over here.

I was really shocked with the success of "Dude, Where Is My Update?" (DWIMU) windows phone 7 app; but I guess that shows how desperate people are for the NoDo update.  On a side note: personally I just got the update on one of my development devices and WOW it is awesome.  I can’t wait to get it on my primary phone (Samsung Focus).

I decided to update DWIMU with some really cool features.  You can now get all kind of cool stats about the number of people using different phones in different locations and a version breakdown.

Phone Stats

This shows your phone and version as well as the number of users with the same phone and then a version breakdown specific to this phone. 

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Local Stats

This shows your location (country) and version as well as the number of users in your country as well as version and phone breakdowns in your country.

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Global Stats

This will show you the global/worldwide number of users and version and phone breakdowns across the world.

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It’s Up To You

Obviously, it goes without saying that for these stats to work a lot of people have to download it, so you need to do your part and spread the word.  The more people, the more accurate.  We will never get an exact number since that will require every single user to install that app, but at least we will have a good idea and a good measure of the health the windows phone 7 community and platform.  An awesome platform, if I may say so myself.

Get It Now

If you have a developer account and can’t wait for version 1.1 to get approved, you can download the XAP file here.

NOTE: If you don’t know what to do with this file, do NOT download it and wait for the update to show in the Market Place – should be out in a couple of days. 

Thanks and if you have any questions email me at dude at dotnetfactory dot com

DWIMU Progress & Reviews

Check out the reviews at http://bit.ly/gYe43e (200+ in one day).  Thanks for downloading and if you haven’t downloaded it yet, you can get it from http://bit.ly/gamGev

Dude, Where Is My Update?

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Update: Version 1.1 Available – more info here.

We are all patiently waiting for the Windows Phone 7 update.  A few lucky ones already got it, but a whole lot of people including myself didn’t get it yet.  I find myself insistently checking blogs, twitter, Facebook and Google to figure out if and when the update will be available.  To pass the time and to simplify my life and reduce the stress of figuring out the status of the update, I built a free little WP7 app called “Dude, Where Is My Update?” or DWIMU for short.

You simply select your region and phone or operator and get the bad/good news.  I have a Samsung Focus, so unfortunately, I will be waiting for a long time.

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But if you are in Sweden with the Hutchison Group then you should be getting the updates a lot sooner.

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How does it work?

Right now, the app simply gets the data from Microsoft’s website at http://bit.ly/eMukfH.  I will write another blog detailing the technical implementation of the app.  I built a web service in Python and hosted it with Google’s AppEngine (because it is free).  DWIMU pulls the data from my web service which I will keep updated and in sync with Microsoft’s website.

Why you should download the app?

The future plans is to crowd source the update detection to get a more accurate indication of when you will be getting the update.  By simply running the app you will be able to see how many people already received the update for your selected network/phone/region.  Of course, this will only work if there is enough people using the app.  If I get enough downloads, I will release an update that will enable automatic detection.  So download it now and spread the word, if you want me to add these features.