Since the arrival of Apple in the mobile, we can say that many things have changed. Besides the success of a certain immoderate phone brand, the arrival of a certain Apple Store has changed our consumption habits of mobile software. The idea of it all together in one location is very apreciate for consumers, who no longer has to buy right left its applications, the principle of the supermarket finally in place to make our lives easier. Google has quickly followed suit with Android Market, then Nokia and OVIStore even SFR offers its application store ... and the youngest?? Microsoft course, and obviously the same concept but a different background, key microsoft is not only to zone marketplaces by country, but also by a subtle developers publication rights in different places, making it faster unequal opportunities some countries have a rich marketplace.

Application Marketplace

While mean?

As much as we may criticize the lack of new Windows Phone in terms of user friendliness for easy navigation on the finger, as the Marketplace is for the finger.
Large buttons (except perhaps those at the bottom of the navigation screens, but more due to the OS) make the Marketplace a pleasure to use.
The ease of entry, so can easily find, but if we can find some redundant, as In Focus, and What's New? or Top apps, the difference is small. At gladly I will delete the one which is a topic that I would call the advertising.

Home Marketplace

A search can quickly find an application that you have in mind, while a category heading can stroll through the impressive number of applications in an easier way (a bit of irony when we know that At present the French marketplace offers only thirty applications).

Top apps

Categories

Finally the My applications (there is a lack of translation for that matter) can make an inventory of applications downloaded, bought, and those installed, update or delete.

My Applications

In use, I find it smooth and convenient, you can install in the background selected applications while continuing to browse the market, it even surprised me at the beginning of the part of microsoft ^ ^.

Installation example

Example installation on.

It is regrettable that the alert messages when installing some applications do not stay longer in the foreground. In fact, I happened to start the installation of 3 applications, and during my voyages, a message appeared but quickly put in the background by a cooling in the Marketplace, since it is after a good 5 minutes seeing the progress of the installation blocked 1sur3 that I went in search of an explanation, a confirmation message to launch the application installed, hidden under Marketplace, after blocking.
Similarly, during the installation, you no longer chose on which location (phone or storage medium) applications must be installed.

The My applications is practical, it shows which applications are purchased and awaiting installation (ready to install), installed (Remove application year) and set (Rate application year). The updates of installed applications appear in Update (Updates), uh, normal . To better manage its applications, it is necessary to have a Microsoft Live ID, although this is not mandatory, at least for downloading free applications, but it can be monitored.
What I regret is that there is no verification of applications already installed on their equipment outside the Marketplace, so you can reinstall a new version of the Facebook example, while one has already had this last, worst, this application is available in English and French on the French Marketplace, you can install 2 times, then they appear in the My applications without any problems and are sound.

Contents of my applications

At the end of the installation, nothing gives us the opportunity to retain his cab, probably to avoid the spread of the application on the web, yet many of the current application vendors can download the cab, and manage the right to use a license number. I find it a shame to go through the Marketplace to reinstall an application installed in this way, because there is then re-download and install.

The connection can be done for the country of residence, which is stifling the content and the telephone network (3G, Edge etc). For the wifi is just not possible, the application does not launch and sent us messages of error connections.

Finally, it is pity I can not access the marketplace abroad, hope that Microsoft will revise its copy on this point.

I note that no application in trial version is available as a free on the Marketplace now, it's a pity we can not test applications before final purchase, as proposed SPBSofware eg on its website. Hopefully the publishers will propose gradually.

To summarize, the application itself is easy to use, convenient finger, just have to add options for default installations, the management of the cab and access to other countries.

The negative point that I remember

• no verification of applications already installed on the mobile market without
• no possibility to keep the cab
• no possibility to choose where to install cab files (check)
• no possibility to install software in trial version (the problem of catalog)
• no possibility to browse a market of another country, and therefore have a choice more or less sophisticated.
• currently only compatible with Windows Terminal Phone.

Positive Point

• Application for well thought out navigation finger.
• Simple, effective.
• Installed by default on new Windows Terminal Phone.

I am tempted to note the application, but since what is installed by default, and it relies on an online service, this note will be only subjective and divided into two for the occasion. In addition, these notes will not change certainly not much.

Application: 6 / 10: good thought, but lacks originality.

Store: 4 / 10: severe lack of applications in the catalog and the country is restricted by the great anything.

For the pleasure of a stroll beside the U.S. marketplace through an application developed by a person of xda-dev.

U.S. Marketplace categories

MKT U.S.: Social Class

And as always, a slideshow of screenshots here .