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Jexy on 18 January 2012
disolitude said:
I spent an hour with the movie trailers section of the MSN app the other day. I didn't know anything about upcoming movies and now I know each and every one that is "coming soon".

Knowledge is power!


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Mr Puggsly on 18 January 2012

Well obviously usage is up because there are so many new additions. With more additions it can go up 50% again.

I wish we could get live streams of cable news channels though. I hope the Fox News app at least gives up some full programs as opposed to clips.



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Mistershine on 18 January 2012

Could it be down to most countries not having any apps at all before the update?



Allfreedom99 on 18 January 2012

impressive stat. Seems that their plans in entertainment are giving good results.




Etherouge on 18 January 2012

Not sure why there is a SyFy app. You can only watch short clips from my experience.

Also, the YouTube app needs to be expanded. It's damned near impossible to get to my sub-box.

And  they need to hurry up and make an internet app for general use.



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selnor on 18 January 2012
Etherouge said:

Not sure why there is a SyFy app. You can only watch short clips from my experience.

Also, the YouTube app needs to be expanded. It's damned near impossible to get to my sub-box.

And  they need to hurry up and make an internet app for general use.

no. Please dont. Apps of sites are the way forward. Not clumsy browsers. I dont use my browser on Phone.  use apps. If VGC had an app I wouldnt use a browser. Cmon VGC Windows 8 is coming. Apps will be all over Windows 8. Confirmed to already have 150k in the making.



Ajescent on 18 January 2012

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SvennoJ on 18 January 2012
selnor said:
Etherouge said:

Not sure why there is a SyFy app. You can only watch short clips from my experience.

Also, the YouTube app needs to be expanded. It's damned near impossible to get to my sub-box.

And  they need to hurry up and make an internet app for general use.

no. Please dont. Apps of sites are the way forward. Not clumsy browsers. I dont use my browser on Phone.  use apps. If VGC had an app I wouldnt use a browser. Cmon VGC Windows 8 is coming. Apps will be all over Windows 8. Confirmed to already have 150k in the making.

Apps really? Websites and browsers are perfectly capable to be scaled to any device, no need for apps. I never use apps, Google all the time. Why use a restrictive app when you can have it all in one place. I don't use a phone though.

Windows 8 fully loaded with apps? MS can't win the browser war so now they try to make them obsolete? lol.



selnor on 18 January 2012
SvennoJ said:
selnor said:
Etherouge said:

Not sure why there is a SyFy app. You can only watch short clips from my experience.

Also, the YouTube app needs to be expanded. It's damned near impossible to get to my sub-box.

And  they need to hurry up and make an internet app for general use.

no. Please dont. Apps of sites are the way forward. Not clumsy browsers. I dont use my browser on Phone.  use apps. If VGC had an app I wouldnt use a browser. Cmon VGC Windows 8 is coming. Apps will be all over Windows 8. Confirmed to already have 150k in the making.

Apps really? Websites and browsers are perfectly capable to be scaled to any device, no need for apps. I never use apps, Google all the time. Why use a restrictive app when you can have it all in one place. I don't use a phone though.

Windows 8 fully loaded with apps? MS can't win the browser war so now they try to make them obsolete? lol.


Browser still exists in Windows 8. It just makes more sense for how Windows is being designed. 

WP7 or Windows 8 use tiles. Those tiles show info or latest artices without enterng the app. You can see just rom your start screen what new articles are on the app you use. 

For example. 

On my WP7 I have Giant Bomb app, WPCentral, The Weather Channel, Voucher Clouds, BBC News, Premier League +, f1 World Pro, YouTube Pro, Amazon Kindle, Deals 24 UK, Bing Maps, Thumba Photo Editor all of which update without the need to enter. I can understand if youve not seen the new Metro interface, but unlike Android or IOS you dont have to enter apps to know what the article is. The app tile on WP7 flips to show you te latest articles, which is what Windows 8 will do. 

A browser doesnt tell me anything unless I use a search engine to find things. 

The problem is I have an app for everything I want info on. Games, shopping deals, news, Live sport info, etc. And to be honest the apps are faster and more intuitive. It cuts out the crap and lets me get the content I want easier and faster.

I use a browser for VGC and Virgin Media bills for my broadband. Thats it. 

Everything else like Facebook, Twittter, Xbox ive, Zune ( which I use all the tme ) is built into te metro OS. So I dont need an app for these as no app wil ever beat what MS has dne with its OS integration. 

Really lookin forward to W8 tablet. 



Aprisaiden on 18 January 2012

Does anyone know of any 'must have' app's available in Australia -- i feel like i am in the minority having not used any app's yet. (i would love one that makes it easier to view what XBLA games are on the store)