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jacalata on Oct 1, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows Phone doubles share in Europe, trails iPho...

Not by most common sense definitions, no. Here's a simple one for you: if you don't need to use the app store to get it, it's not an app.

ygra on Oct 1, 2013 | [–]

Then Facebook and Skype do count as apps, I guess. (Unless I uninstalled Facebook without ever launching it and it came preinstalled. I may not remember.)

tsotha on Oct 1, 2013 | [–]

That's not really a good definition. The really popular apps come preinstalled, at least they did on my current mobile.

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