I remember being shocked with the 10,000th iPhone app was announced. Then, I was somewhat surprised when the number of iPhone apps overtook the number of Windows Mobile apps despite Windows Mobile's more-than-a-decade lead time. Now, I'm not surprised at all to read this news...

Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

Yes, I acknowledge that many thousands of those apps are useless ones. And, yes, I acknowledge that thousands more are those single-book-wrapped-in-an-app that should be simple content read using an ebook reader app. Still, incredible success of the iPhone apps eco-system is undeniable.

Let's not ignore another announcement that came out this week though. T-Mobile USA tweeted...

Fun Android fact:The Android Market has grown from 50 apps(when we launched the T-Mobile G1)to more than 12,000 apps today

While Android's app count isn't growing as quickly as the iPhone's did in its first year, 12000 is still a healthy and respectable number of apps. I wouldn't be surprised to see the number of Android apps pass Windows Mobile by the summer of 2010.