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Having passed the 35,000 available app mark only in October, the Windows Phone Marketplace has now eclipsed the 40,000 available app mark today.  The news comes from All About Windows Phone who uses an internal application to keep track of the number of apps available.  The rate of progress:  Some 165 apps per day added on average!

At the time of writing, 40,189 items have been published. Of these, 10,882 were added in the last 90 days and 4,770 were added in the last 30 days. These items come from 10,731 different publishers.

 

Check out all of the information that All About Windows Phone has on this milestone including some very impressive charts and graphs on the breakdown of the types of apps.

Whether you know it or not, as you read this you are viewing it on a WordPress powered blog.  I moved ClintonFitch.com to WordPress a few years ago as it brought me the power to add social media integration, easier management and much faster posting times.  I can actually thank Judie Stanford over at Gear Diary for first turning me on to WordPress.

As one who is constantly on the go, the ability to quickly edit posts here on the site is important as well as being able to monitor comments that come in as well.  Fortunately the official WordPress app for Windows Phone allows me to do that and more.  It is an amazingly powerful app, allowing me to edit posts and pages, monitor and approve comments and even view site stats.  Plus the app supports Mango so I can pin each of my blogs as a Live Tile on my Start screen.  It is by far more powerful than the iPhone version of the WordPress app and more stable.  If you have your own blog or are thinking about starting one, WordPress and the WordPress app for Windows Phone are the way to go.

It looks like HTC has pushed out an update for some of their Windows Phone chassis – the HD7 and Mozart.  The update appears to be a small one but does add one big feature – Tethering.  At least that is what Todd Osagawara (who got a tip from Daron Brewood at Smartphone Gurus) found on his HD7.

There are several other MVPs that I’m chatting with on this and some have seen the update and others haven’t so there is no clear indication on when you will receive it if you have these devices or if it is carrier specific.

Yep, it’s starting to get to be that time of the year.  GameStop has offered ClintonFitch.com readers two discounts for their online use.  If you spend $99.99 or more, you get $15 off or $149.99 or more you get $20 off.  See the links below.

$15 off in-stock purchases of $99.99 or more. Excludes consoles and gift cards. Expires 11/23/11. Use code: NOV15

$20 off in-stock purchases of $149.99 or more. Excludes consoles and gift cards. Expires 11/23/11. Use code: NOV20