I don't care who you are, that's funny.  Thanks for the link.

Windows 8 App Store really has slim pickings compared to the Android Market and Iphone Store. I'm sure the most needed programs are there yet the other platforms offer more. That might have an effect on sales.

Yeah, the app store is a bit light on at present, but the more important items are there and the list is growing. It could also have an effect on sales if people are more concerned with a handful of apps than picking up a top shelf phone, I guess, but sales of the 820 are going really well according to sales assistants in the various phone shops I went into today.

I was hunting for one of the cordless charging pads [those are hard to come by just now] and me being an inquisitive bugger that I am, asked how sales were going with the Nokia Lumia's.  Yeah, the 820's are selling like hotcakes.  However, the 920 is selling slower due to limited carrier issues [only 2 currently] and possibly price.  A Nokia Lumia 920 unlocked will set you back around $700 here in Oz.

Oh yeah, the other question I asked as how well the iPhone is selling.  In 3 of the 5 stores I was in today, no iPhones had been sold all week; 1 store had sold 2 and the other just 1.  Also, the guy in the Vodaphone shop told me that Apple shares had dropped 4 points in early trading today [was still Friday in the US], and that it was the third drop in less than a month. 

Hmmm, maybe my prediction of Apple's gradual decline has already begun to take shape.

Did you ask about Android sales?

kona,

Not to make you feel 'picked-on' by me again but do you ever post anything in 'support' of anything at all?  Or are all of your posts just like that annoying little kid who can't seem to help wanting to continuously poke a stick at the beehive just to "see what happens"........I mean seriously.......

Yes the MS store was light at WP8 launch, it isn't so light anymore.  Sure there are still substantially less windows phone apps than for the other markets......so?  All of the pertinent ones are there or coming.  Will that affect sales?  It may.......but what is the point in even debating that?  To see how many bees come out to sting you?   hehe 

My point is that other platforms would be a better choice.

You actaully have no point.  Since unlike me (who has used ios, droid AND windows phone)......you haven't actually used any smartphone.  Remember?  They are "too rich for your blood"........

kona also said win xp would be a bust years ago. just sayin' ......

I never said that about XP. I've used XP for years. Even when I was skinning.

no, kona. when xp was released you said it wouldn't run on machines built for 95 or 98 without slowing everything down to a point the machine almost stopped. you said there wouldn't be enough people upgrading their machines in order to use xp that it would be a bust by microsoft. you argued that for weeks, if not months, in the #stardock channel of irc. numerous times, you said you wouldn't use it because you couldn't afford to buy more ram for your rig.

No need to, Android phones [Samsung; LG; Sony; Nokia, etc] sell well because of the large variety of brands and models, that every Oz carrier supports them, and there's a very well stocked app store.

kona, NO, it does not mean that.  The platform which supports those apps [IOS, Android, Windows] is the key element, not the other way around. Now the thing is, while the MS app store isn't as well appointed as the IOS and Android stores, WP8 is the superior platform and provides a cleaner, smoother and more intuitive user experience... no doubt. 

Like the_Monk, I have experienced all three platforms, and honestly, the Windows phone runs rings around the other two, for speed, accuracy and responsiveness.  You see, it's not just the Nokia Lumia that shines as a Windows phone, HTC has a couple of pretty decent Windows phones also, and they too beat the iPhone 5 and Android 4.2 in the user friendly department... and not just by a little bit.  I know because I sampled several phones before settling on the Lumia 820 for sure.  Of the two brands, the Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 are clearly the better phones because they are more robust and durable than the HTC's... as in made of tougher stuff.

When I signed up here I was using XP. Look at my join date. I doubt I said anything like that. If you feel a need to remember everything I say here I find that a bit creepy.

Starkers - Sales of Windows based phones will be the final say. So far they are not impressive. I'm actually surprised there hasn't been a lawsuit since the Nokia is only available from one carrier here. Apple got in trouble for that.

Who says?  According to one salesperson I spoke to yesterday, Australian demand for the Nokia Lumia 820 is beginning to outpace supply, which has slowed due to a busier than expected European market.  Besides, the Win 8 phone didn't have a handful of big selling big brothers to pave the way, unlike the iPhone 5.  Not only that, it's still early days.  They've only been on the market a couple of months, so it's to be expected when the WP8 is a relative newcomer to an already saturated mobile market.

kona, it's very difficult to forget a guy bitching about something he knew nothing about and getting laughed at by everyone else in the room. hippy and chris lam-blasted you over your comments about xp that night. you were ALWAYS bitching about how slow your rig was with xp and you were going to run a linux distro instead.

anyway, you're commenting about an os and a phone you know absolutely zero, nothing, nada, and zilch about. it's like me talking about linux, which i know nothing about, but yet you've never seen me talking about how poor or great of an os it is.

@Starker: Maybe it's that way in Oz. Up here Android sales are stronger than Windows 8 phone sales.

@MaddDeez: Whatever. I don't recall that conversation. As if I care what people think of me.