Windows Phone 7 - than in a store selling applications

Half the charm of smartphones - in applications. And not in those applications that come with the operating system (this is just the first half), and those created by third parties and distributed through the built-in store. Of course, hundreds of thousands of applications available for iPhone, none of the competing platforms is not finishing off, but something that can be found in the Windows Phone Marketplace quite encouraging.

But let's start with a design shop. We met already familiar to other programs interface Metro and the three main sections - applications, games and music. If the wind off the screen to the left, you can see a section with featured advertisers, then a large banner with the advertising of a particularly remarkable new application (usually a game).

So, cast your line into! Rather, go to the games section and download all that fall look. And no - I'm not going to get out and spend lots of money on programs for phones, issued on the test. In the Marketplace you can download free software, even without registering a credit card (all hated feature of App Store), but the games have a demo version. And they are not in a separate distribution, with a note Lite - next to "buy" button is available trial - click on it and starts downloaded the demo version.

The first harvest was more than successful: Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, iBlast Moki, Earthworm Jim, Beards & Beaks and ilomilo. The first two games, as well as Eartworm Jim, a special presentation do not need the third - a fairly successful puzzle, which was published earlier for iOS, the last two games were created in collaboration with Microsoft Game Studios - that is the real exclusives!

With programs are not as luxurious as the games - in a store, for example, there is no Instapaper, or RSS-reader-caliber Reeder, or analogues of other powerful applications for the iPhone and iPad section of productivity - that is to be productive. But in each of the "tops" and then it skips the application with a note and relevant pictures. It seems that Microsoft has not yet been eager to enter the same strict censorship as the App Store.

Even here there are clients of social networks, and the company.We can Immediately downloaded and installed the Twitter and Facebook - both decorated by all the rules in general seem to Metro and standard applications. Alas, neither of them did not take the opportunity to write on the main screen, and they have no equivalent notification.

In general, given the youth Marketplace it can be called fully successful - or even very good, if not compare with the App Store, but with Adroid Market. On the main screen there are the best (really the best) programs, games of this caliber (and a decent amount!) Android users can only envy, and the simplicity of getting a demo version and upgrade to a full local Marketplace overtaking and App Store.

We should also note the presence of the music section, from which I downloaded without problems a few free songs. Not clear whether the music is officially sold in market but, at least, is likely to be something to download for free.