Windows Phone Mango Marketplace Preview | Pocketnow

Опубликовано 19 июня 2011, 13:21

The Marketplace hub looks very similar to how it did in Windows Phone 7. There's now a search button at the bottom since the hardware search button only goes to Bing now. There's also a new graphic panorama design for the games section where as previously we only had panoramas for the top level, music, and apps sections. There's also a new section called podcasts where you can browse through and subscribe to various podcasts right from the device. You no longer have to subscribe to podcasts from the Zune desktop software. If you don't want to subscribe and download a number of episodes for a certain podcast, you have the option to just stream it right there over the internet. Yes, there are video and audio podcasts available. Unfortunately, there's currently no "Share" menu for podcasts.

The Marketplace search has been hugely improved and now offers pivot tabs for different types of Marketplace content such as music, podcasts, apps + games. Zune Playlists still only show up in searches and unfortunately can only be streamed. I really wish some of those excellent custom Zune playlists could be downloaded straight to the device in full (without using the desktop software.)

A few things are still missing from the Windows Phone Marketplace. I wish it had the Zune "Picks" listings that you'll also find on the Zune HD and desktop Zune software which recommends things you might like. The Zune Videos Marketplace is still non-existent on Windows Phone as well.

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