Get a Taste of Windows Phone 7 Apps

The new Windows Phone Portal reveals some apps.

Oct 10 2010, 7:53am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft launched a new portal for the Windows Phone yesterday. We already reported that during the launch some infos leaked like the November 8th launch of WP7 on AT&T and the Samsung Focus. The new Windows Phone site also features an app section. We already reported that Windows Phone 7 has supposedly 2,000 apps at launch. Microsoft is highlighting a couple WP7 apps here.

The listed apps inlcude The Harvest role-playing game, Bejeweled Live, Star Wars: Battle for Hot, UNO and Max and the Magic Marker as top picks. The header graphic reveals that eBay, Twitter, Xbox Live and Sudoku will also be part of the available Windows Phone apps.

The Harvest is already a Xbox Live enabled game for Windows Phone 7. Microsoft says that The Harvest is designed from the ground up to be the best looking 3-D mobile phone game to date, The Harvest features innovative touch screen gameplay, along with visceral combat, and opportunities for exploration, character customization, and more.

The Windows Phone site also points yout download the Zune software for your PC. The free Zune software allows you to get apps, music, videos and podcasts. It allows you to sync with your WP7 phone and also is needed to receive phone updates. The Zune Software is basically iTunes of the Windows Phone.

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