Required apps for Windows Phone 7.5
It all started when I presented my wife with a phone on Windows Phone for the New Year. Actually, the need to replace matured for a long time, so I actively studied the market. Alas, but the iPhone, I consider it unnecessarily expensive (especially if you buy the official one), and Android, despite all my love for it, is still too geeky and requires a lot of unnecessary movements (especially when updating and bugfixes). In general, the choice fell on Windows Phone as something on average - after all, requests from my wife are simpler than mine. And you know, I had the opportunity to turn the wind instruments in my hands before and make sure that the platform was adequate, but after two weeks of owning (namely, owning) I just fell in love with the platform. Believe me, she is very, very good now.
But we leave aside the lyrics. After the purchase, of course, there was the question of filling with programs, because, like any axis, it is, above all, offers. And here I was confronted with some Russian-language vacuum regarding applications for WP7.5. No, there are plenty of blogs about apps. But they are all designed for regular reading of the resource and searching for grains among the chaff. I also needed, as they say, a rating of "all times and peoples," and the options "the best game of the first decade of July" did not suit me very much. Hoping over resources, I stumbled upon a monthly updated rating from Gizmodo. A part of the described programs turned out to be unsuitable for users of Russia, so I decided to spend a couple of evenings on testing, translating descriptions and selecting adequate substitutions for us.
')
Actually, under the cut there is the very revised list of the best applications for Windows Phone 7.5 Such, you know, a starter kit, allowing to evaluate the capabilities of the phone. I hope this list will be interesting not only for new and future owners, but also for long-time users of the platform - there are sure to be some decent applications that they have not heard about.
Communication and social networks
Twitter : official. In the submission, I think, does not need. Thanks to the system fonts it looks very beautiful. Free
Facebook : client for Facebook. Again, the submission is hardly needed. Free.
4th & Mayor : Client for Foursquare. Thanks to the stylization of the tiled interface of the system, it looks much better than the official client. Free
IM + : Short Message Manager. From the current in Russia: supports Google Talk, Facebook, Skype, ICQ, Jabber, VKontakte, Mail.Ru Agent, Ya.Online (Yandex chat)
Looks good and supports push messages. Free
Gchat : Google Talk client. Free
WhatsApp : cross-platform client to replace SMS or replace ICQ. From the pros: there is no need to add anyone to the contacts - if your friends have this application running, their number is also a login. As a result, the message is sent as an SMS.
Entertainment : unfortunately, in this category, most applications are designed to work with the camera.
Pictures Lab : a photo editor for applying effects to pictures. Over 300 modifications Price: $ 3
Apict : makes "polaroid" pictures with the ability to sign. Looks very nice. S1 price
Thumba Photo Editor : a nice photo editor with more than 70 functions and effects. Among them: framing, rotation, mirroring, resizing and much more, which allows you to immediately prepare a photo for publication on Twitter or Facebook. S1 price
CleverPhoto : another photo editor, who can, among other things, adjust the brightness and contrast of a photo. S1,5 price
Fantasia Painter : A decent (as far as possible for a smartphone) editor for drawing. There is a paid ($ 2) and free version (with advertising).
SoundHound : A program that helps you know the sound of music. Generally, on gizmodo recommend Shazam, but it is not available for Russia. But SoundHound, which, by the way, I like much more, knows how to show the lyrics of the song, which is very useful. Is free.
TuneIn Radio : Thousands of FM & AM radio stations from around the world. Including Russian. Is free
Games. You should immediately make a reservation that the games for WP7 are two to three times more expensive than on the iPhone or Android. But there is a Game Hub, allowing you to feel that in our hands is not just a phone, but a gaming platform. Well, any game has a demo version, so no money will be wasted.
Xbox Live Extras : an application that allows you to change the appearance of an avatar in a game hub. Serves to give individuality to the players. Sometimes this avatar can appear in any toys. Is free.
Fruit Ninja : Port of the popular game with the iPhone. It is necessary to chop the fruits flying into the air. Despite the simple gameplay, the toy does not get bored for quite a while. Price: $ 3
ilomilo : 3D puzzle quest that came with the Xbox. You need to manage two friends: Ilo and Milo, solving puzzles. Nice graphics, interesting tasks. Price: $ 3
The Harvest : Fantastic RPG from Microsoft’s own game studio. I would even say that this is rather a project of the level of a portable game console, such as a PSP, than a phone. Actually, the screenshots of this particular game were lured when they first began to advertise Windows Phone. The graphics are high, the plot is interesting, it is played with pleasure. The price, however, transcendental - $ 7.
Flight Control : Another port from iPhone. You work as a dispatcher at the airport and tell the planes which track he is on. There are many airplanes and it is necessary to protect them from colliding with each other. Price: $ 3
NextWar: The Quest for Earth : A game of the tower defense genre, i.e. We are building fortifications with weapons that will mow down the legions of the advancing enemy. In this game, everything is somewhat schematic, but interesting. Price: $ 3
Krashlander : Simulator jumper skier, taking into account the laws of physics. It is necessary to tilt the body of the skier so that he can go the distance. From the first time it turns out not at all. There is a free (with advertising) and paid ($ 1.5) version
Satalaunch : Your task is to launch the satellite from the space station so that it reaches the earth, and on the way collected all kinds of stars. The task is complicated by the fact that each planet has its own gravitational field, affecting the flight path. There is a free (with advertising) and paid ($ 1.5) version
Rocket Riot : Platform shooter with stylized 8-bit graphics. Price: $ 5
Chickens Can Dream : a funny game with cartoon graphics. You control a chicken flying through a tunnel. Rotating the phone to avoid collisions with walls and obstacles. A sequel is about to appear. Free
Angry Birds . In the view hardly needs. It's easier to find a platform on which this game is not. Price: $ 3
Minesweeper : classic sapper. Free.
Sudoku : the meaning is clear from the title - sudoku. Is free.
Alchemic Phone 7 : Alchemy. We cross different elements and get new ones. For example, if you cross the alcohol and a person, we get an alcoholic. And if water and fire - we get steam. The interest is that the result of the crossing can be completely unpredictable. There is a free version and a paid ($ 1) with an additional number of items.
Assassin's Creed - Altaïr's Chronicles HD : A prequel to the console version. We play for the inconspicuous hired assassin living in Jerusalem of the 11th century. There are 6 types of weapons and brand parkour. Price: $ 5
Work with information:
Stacks : the best app for Instapaper, i.e. for reading deferred articles. The main drawback is that you have to be a paid user on Instapaper. Application price: $ 3
Evernote : client for real titanium among notebooks. If you still have not heard about Evernote (which is unlikely), I advise you to start exploring the web version and the version under the computer. Is free.
Wonder Reader : one of the best RSS readers. Customizable appearance, synchronization with Google Reader. Application price: $ 2
Pulse : another RSS reader. It looks like it is trying to become something more than just an RSS aggregator, displaying photos from the news in the form of a tile. On the lover. Free
Adobe Reader : PDF reader. From the category of must-have. Free
Yandex maps : Gizmodo recommends maps from Google, but for Russia, Yandex maps are more relevant. Free
Fuse : another unusual RSS reader, which focuses on the beauty of news output.
AppFlow : add-on over the standard market, allowing you to search for applications more clearly. Is free.
Cool Tools : a swiss knife among applications. Under one label are many small but useful tools: a ruler, level, stopwatch, flashlight, etc. Replaces a bunch of small programs. Free.
My Balance : the program allows you to monitor the balance of the phone and display balances of packages of minutes, SMS, etc. In my memory, this is one of the most convenient and beautiful applications, and not only on WP7. In the previous version, auto-update didn’t work very well, but with the latest update, the problem disappeared. There is a free version, there is a paid ($ 1.5)
FB2 Reader (not to be confused with the same on Android): despite a certain wretchedness and extremely limited functionality, perhaps the best of the currently available programs for reading books. He can load books from Dropbox, SkyDrive and some online libraries. The author promises active development of the project. Price: $ 1.8
Lifestyle With this heading, the Russian-speaking section has traditionally problems. Most of the applications recommended by many resources for Russia are irrelevant.
Cocktail Flow : a beautifully designed training program for preparing cocktails. Price $ 3
Easy Ring & Music : the application makes it easy to convert mp3 files to ringtones. To do this, you can select a track from a variety of songs available in the database, or download via Skydrive and edit the beginning and end of the future ringtone.
eBay : client for the largest online auction. Those who use this auction will be useful.
IMDB : client for the largest movie portal IMDB.com Alas, most of it is in English.
KinoPoisk.ru : The same, but for the Russian-language portal Kinopoisk.ru The application is unofficial, so not everything works. But you can use.
Flickr Manager : client for flikra. Allows you to view your photos, streams of friends and upload photos to the site directly from your phone. There is a free (Lite) and paid ($ 1) version.
Foodspotting : an app like Foursquare, but about food. Allows you to take pictures of your dishes, see who took a photo (read, ate) near you. Theoretically helps with choosing a place to eat. In Russia, the spread is bad.
Instead of an epilogue: already finishing off descriptions in the last group of applications, I realized that it would be a pity to be limited to one thing - after all, applications were peeking decently and the information could be useful not only to habrazhiteli. Considering that for more than a year I have had an unused opportunity to get hosting from Best-hosters and a gift domain, in just a couple of hours the domain BestWP7apps.ru was registered and a simple Wordpress blog was launched. So that no one thinks bad, they say, how cleverly PR is, I’ll say that no one is going to monetize it (and what monetization can be, if the majority of users visit it only once, just to familiarize themselves with the applications). The only thing is that he hung a small banner to discourage the renewal of the domain for the next year, and the Donate button for the same purposes.
About once a month I plan to add / remove some applications - in accordance with the rating change from Gizmodo. Subscription via RSS, again if someone has such a desire, you can subscribe to this link .
I would be grateful if links to other worthy applications appear in the comments.
But we leave aside the lyrics. After the purchase, of course, there was the question of filling with programs, because, like any axis, it is, above all, offers. And here I was confronted with some Russian-language vacuum regarding applications for WP7.5. No, there are plenty of blogs about apps. But they are all designed for regular reading of the resource and searching for grains among the chaff. I also needed, as they say, a rating of "all times and peoples," and the options "the best game of the first decade of July" did not suit me very much. Hoping over resources, I stumbled upon a monthly updated rating from Gizmodo. A part of the described programs turned out to be unsuitable for users of Russia, so I decided to spend a couple of evenings on testing, translating descriptions and selecting adequate substitutions for us.
')
Actually, under the cut there is the very revised list of the best applications for Windows Phone 7.5 Such, you know, a starter kit, allowing to evaluate the capabilities of the phone. I hope this list will be interesting not only for new and future owners, but also for long-time users of the platform - there are sure to be some decent applications that they have not heard about.
Communication and social networks
Twitter : official. In the submission, I think, does not need. Thanks to the system fonts it looks very beautiful. Free
Facebook : client for Facebook. Again, the submission is hardly needed. Free.
4th & Mayor : Client for Foursquare. Thanks to the stylization of the tiled interface of the system, it looks much better than the official client. Free
IM + : Short Message Manager. From the current in Russia: supports Google Talk, Facebook, Skype, ICQ, Jabber, VKontakte, Mail.Ru Agent, Ya.Online (Yandex chat)
Looks good and supports push messages. Free
Gchat : Google Talk client. Free
WhatsApp : cross-platform client to replace SMS or replace ICQ. From the pros: there is no need to add anyone to the contacts - if your friends have this application running, their number is also a login. As a result, the message is sent as an SMS.
Entertainment : unfortunately, in this category, most applications are designed to work with the camera.
Pictures Lab : a photo editor for applying effects to pictures. Over 300 modifications Price: $ 3
Apict : makes "polaroid" pictures with the ability to sign. Looks very nice. S1 price
Thumba Photo Editor : a nice photo editor with more than 70 functions and effects. Among them: framing, rotation, mirroring, resizing and much more, which allows you to immediately prepare a photo for publication on Twitter or Facebook. S1 price
CleverPhoto : another photo editor, who can, among other things, adjust the brightness and contrast of a photo. S1,5 price
Fantasia Painter : A decent (as far as possible for a smartphone) editor for drawing. There is a paid ($ 2) and free version (with advertising).
SoundHound : A program that helps you know the sound of music. Generally, on gizmodo recommend Shazam, but it is not available for Russia. But SoundHound, which, by the way, I like much more, knows how to show the lyrics of the song, which is very useful. Is free.
TuneIn Radio : Thousands of FM & AM radio stations from around the world. Including Russian. Is free
Games. You should immediately make a reservation that the games for WP7 are two to three times more expensive than on the iPhone or Android. But there is a Game Hub, allowing you to feel that in our hands is not just a phone, but a gaming platform. Well, any game has a demo version, so no money will be wasted.
Xbox Live Extras : an application that allows you to change the appearance of an avatar in a game hub. Serves to give individuality to the players. Sometimes this avatar can appear in any toys. Is free.
Fruit Ninja : Port of the popular game with the iPhone. It is necessary to chop the fruits flying into the air. Despite the simple gameplay, the toy does not get bored for quite a while. Price: $ 3
ilomilo : 3D puzzle quest that came with the Xbox. You need to manage two friends: Ilo and Milo, solving puzzles. Nice graphics, interesting tasks. Price: $ 3
The Harvest : Fantastic RPG from Microsoft’s own game studio. I would even say that this is rather a project of the level of a portable game console, such as a PSP, than a phone. Actually, the screenshots of this particular game were lured when they first began to advertise Windows Phone. The graphics are high, the plot is interesting, it is played with pleasure. The price, however, transcendental - $ 7.
Flight Control : Another port from iPhone. You work as a dispatcher at the airport and tell the planes which track he is on. There are many airplanes and it is necessary to protect them from colliding with each other. Price: $ 3
NextWar: The Quest for Earth : A game of the tower defense genre, i.e. We are building fortifications with weapons that will mow down the legions of the advancing enemy. In this game, everything is somewhat schematic, but interesting. Price: $ 3
Krashlander : Simulator jumper skier, taking into account the laws of physics. It is necessary to tilt the body of the skier so that he can go the distance. From the first time it turns out not at all. There is a free (with advertising) and paid ($ 1.5) version
Satalaunch : Your task is to launch the satellite from the space station so that it reaches the earth, and on the way collected all kinds of stars. The task is complicated by the fact that each planet has its own gravitational field, affecting the flight path. There is a free (with advertising) and paid ($ 1.5) version
Rocket Riot : Platform shooter with stylized 8-bit graphics. Price: $ 5
Chickens Can Dream : a funny game with cartoon graphics. You control a chicken flying through a tunnel. Rotating the phone to avoid collisions with walls and obstacles. A sequel is about to appear. Free
Angry Birds . In the view hardly needs. It's easier to find a platform on which this game is not. Price: $ 3
Minesweeper : classic sapper. Free.
Sudoku : the meaning is clear from the title - sudoku. Is free.
Alchemic Phone 7 : Alchemy. We cross different elements and get new ones. For example, if you cross the alcohol and a person, we get an alcoholic. And if water and fire - we get steam. The interest is that the result of the crossing can be completely unpredictable. There is a free version and a paid ($ 1) with an additional number of items.
Assassin's Creed - Altaïr's Chronicles HD : A prequel to the console version. We play for the inconspicuous hired assassin living in Jerusalem of the 11th century. There are 6 types of weapons and brand parkour. Price: $ 5
Work with information:
Stacks : the best app for Instapaper, i.e. for reading deferred articles. The main drawback is that you have to be a paid user on Instapaper. Application price: $ 3
Evernote : client for real titanium among notebooks. If you still have not heard about Evernote (which is unlikely), I advise you to start exploring the web version and the version under the computer. Is free.
Wonder Reader : one of the best RSS readers. Customizable appearance, synchronization with Google Reader. Application price: $ 2
Pulse : another RSS reader. It looks like it is trying to become something more than just an RSS aggregator, displaying photos from the news in the form of a tile. On the lover. Free
Adobe Reader : PDF reader. From the category of must-have. Free
Yandex maps : Gizmodo recommends maps from Google, but for Russia, Yandex maps are more relevant. Free
Fuse : another unusual RSS reader, which focuses on the beauty of news output.
AppFlow : add-on over the standard market, allowing you to search for applications more clearly. Is free.
Cool Tools : a swiss knife among applications. Under one label are many small but useful tools: a ruler, level, stopwatch, flashlight, etc. Replaces a bunch of small programs. Free.
My Balance : the program allows you to monitor the balance of the phone and display balances of packages of minutes, SMS, etc. In my memory, this is one of the most convenient and beautiful applications, and not only on WP7. In the previous version, auto-update didn’t work very well, but with the latest update, the problem disappeared. There is a free version, there is a paid ($ 1.5)
FB2 Reader (not to be confused with the same on Android): despite a certain wretchedness and extremely limited functionality, perhaps the best of the currently available programs for reading books. He can load books from Dropbox, SkyDrive and some online libraries. The author promises active development of the project. Price: $ 1.8
Lifestyle With this heading, the Russian-speaking section has traditionally problems. Most of the applications recommended by many resources for Russia are irrelevant.
Cocktail Flow : a beautifully designed training program for preparing cocktails. Price $ 3
Easy Ring & Music : the application makes it easy to convert mp3 files to ringtones. To do this, you can select a track from a variety of songs available in the database, or download via Skydrive and edit the beginning and end of the future ringtone.
eBay : client for the largest online auction. Those who use this auction will be useful.
IMDB : client for the largest movie portal IMDB.com Alas, most of it is in English.
KinoPoisk.ru : The same, but for the Russian-language portal Kinopoisk.ru The application is unofficial, so not everything works. But you can use.
Flickr Manager : client for flikra. Allows you to view your photos, streams of friends and upload photos to the site directly from your phone. There is a free (Lite) and paid ($ 1) version.
Foodspotting : an app like Foursquare, but about food. Allows you to take pictures of your dishes, see who took a photo (read, ate) near you. Theoretically helps with choosing a place to eat. In Russia, the spread is bad.
Instead of an epilogue: already finishing off descriptions in the last group of applications, I realized that it would be a pity to be limited to one thing - after all, applications were peeking decently and the information could be useful not only to habrazhiteli. Considering that for more than a year I have had an unused opportunity to get hosting from Best-hosters and a gift domain, in just a couple of hours the domain BestWP7apps.ru was registered and a simple Wordpress blog was launched. So that no one thinks bad, they say, how cleverly PR is, I’ll say that no one is going to monetize it (and what monetization can be, if the majority of users visit it only once, just to familiarize themselves with the applications). The only thing is that he hung a small banner to discourage the renewal of the domain for the next year, and the Donate button for the same purposes.
About once a month I plan to add / remove some applications - in accordance with the rating change from Gizmodo. Subscription via RSS, again if someone has such a desire, you can subscribe to this link .
I would be grateful if links to other worthy applications appear in the comments.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/136581/
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