Mobile : Discover Must-Have Windows Phone Apps
Whether you're looking for the best way to share photos, find the best travel deals, do some shopping, or keep yourself entertained, the Windows Phone® Marketplace offers the latest and most popular apps.
Share Your World
The Facebook® app makes it easy to stay connected to friends and family, and share information with them, anytime. Post status updates, upload photos, accept friend requests, and more. You can also try Facebook Chat, which is built into the Messaging app on your Windows phone.
The
Twitter® app lets you discover what's going on right now, anywhere in the world, with the official Twitter for Windows Phone app. Tweet, share photos, send direct messages to friends, and check out suggested users and trending topics.
The Foursquare® app provides a great way to explore the world around you. Meet up with friends, find places to go, save money with Specials. Plus, with the latest updates, you can enjoy Foursquare support in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Korean and other languages.
Pinspiration helps you browse and post to Pinterest® on your Windows phone. Think of Pinterest as a virtual pinboard, a place to catalog and share all the things you love. This app also has "Live Tile," which rotates through the most popular pictures currently being shared.
The
InstaCam® app makes your photos unique by adding one of 23+ filters and nine great frames. Share your pics on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr®, Flickr® and more.
Keep Yourself Entertained
The
YouTube® app allows you to see the latest videos posted by your friends, which you can play by tapping video links in your email and MMS messages, websites, and apps like Facebook. Just tap the YouTube icon to sign in and check out millions of videos, including favorites and playlists.
Netflix® is the world's leading subscription service for watching movies and TV shows on your phone. Get the free app as part of your Netflix membership, and you can instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes on your phone.
Flixster® is the top movie app for watching movie trailers, finding showtimes and reading critics' reviews. View the top box office leaders, upcoming movies and new DVD releases. Just search for movies by title, and watch trailers for more than 15,000 blockbuster and indie films.
The
IMDB® app offers the largest collection of movie, TV and celebrity information, providing a detailed listing of about 1.5 million TV shows and movies. Learn about the cast, the crew, the director, the producer, the plot, user ratings, and check out trailers, photos, reviews, trivia and more.
The
Spotify® app opens up your phone to a world of music. And with Spotify Premium, you can access millions of tracks from the Spotify library, and take your playlists on the go using "Offline" mode: no connection needed. Browse and play millions of tracks, and explore and play your friends' playlists.
The iHeartRadio® app gives you 800 of the nations' most popular live broadcasts and digital-only radio stations from 150 different cities, along with user-created custom stations. You can even curate stations, with the option to save a station or publish your listening activity on Facebook.
The TuneIn® Radio app offers a great way to listen to live and global radio from wherever you are—choose from more than 50,000 stations and 1.2 million on-demand streams. Check out your favorite local stations and discover new ones from all over the world.
Travel Tools & Local Deals
Yelp® for Windows Phone helps you search for places to eat, shop, drink and play, whether you’re in your hometown or on vacation. You can also read reviews from an active community of local users.
The LivingSocial® app allows you to check out (and purchase) daily deals. Go on a sightseeing tour. Get a discounted facial and spa treatment. Try out a yoga class. Treat yourself to a three-course dinner. You'll find all kinds of deals on LivingSocial, including special offers for kids and families.
The
Groupon® app features 50%–90% off deals on the best things to do, eat, see and buy. You can purchase deals directly from your phone; keep track of all your purchased deals by location and expiration date; and redeem deals from your phone.
The
TripAdvisor® app helps you plan the perfect trip. With more than 50 million reviews and opinions from real travelers, you'll find the best places to eat, sleep and play, wherever you travel.
Storing It All
The
Evernote® app is a good way to store and access important notes and files. This award-winning app improves data storage stability, and helps you track notes, ideas, snapshots and recordings. Just put everything into Evernote and synchronize it all, from your phone to the Web to your PC.
The
BoxFiles for Dropbox™ app lets you edit your text files and access documents (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.), music, videos and photos. Pin folders to your start screen and copy, delete or rename folders, and email links to any file or folder. The new interface makes this app easier to use than ever.
Keep Up With News
Pulse makes reading the news fun, visually pleasing and engaging. This app takes your favorite websites and transforms them into a colorful and interactive mosaic. You can have all your favorite content in one place, from major newspapers to blogs and social networks.
The ESPN ScoreCenter® app brings you scores, news updates, video clips and standings from hundreds of sports leagues around the world—offering the most comprehensive global sports coverage available on your Windows phone. You won't miss another goal, pitch, basket or touchdown.
Shopping Made Easy
The ShopSavvy® app allows you to buy scanned items from many retailers, right from your phone. You can skip the retailer website and buy your stuff using the app's easy, fast and secure payment platform. This app also provides reviews to help your decision-making.
The
Amazon® Mobile app offers a way to make the most of your Amazon experience: search, compare prices, read reviews, share products, make purchases, access your existing cart, view wish lists and more. The simple interface makes on-the-go price comparison and shopping easier than ever.
Find Your Way
The
gMaps Pro app offers an automatic re-routing feature, offset auto correction, and current step highlighting. Just search for your destination and decide whether to travel by foot, car or public transportation. You can also download maps for offline usage.
GPS ON—Turn by Turn Navigation gives you voice-guided driving or walking directions. It calculates your route based on your current GPS position, and provides real-time turn-by-turn voice navigation. There's even an option that shows you how to avoid a highway or tolls route.
Manage Your Money
The
Pageonce® Money & Bills app is an easy way to control your money—anytime, anywhere. This app will organize your accounts in one place, manage bill paying, and monitor credit card transactions. You'll receive real-time notifications, right on your phone.
The
Bank of America app helps you take your banking with you. Check your balances, transfer money, and pay bills; and using GPS, you can locate the nearest ATMs and banking centers. To prevent unauthorized access, your personal information is protected by advanced encryption technology.
Have Fun, Play Games
Angry Birds® features hours of challenging, physics-based demolition gameplay. Each of the 225 levels requires logic, skill and brute force to crush the enemy. Find out for yourself why this app is so addictive and wildly popular.
Deer Hunter™ 3D is one of the top hunting games, with 3D graphics to deliver the most realistic hunting experience. You can hunt in scenic environments around the world, with changing seasons and weather conditions.
Wordament™ is a unique game for word lovers—a tournament where you are competing to be the best word searcher in every game. Each player is competing on the same board, in real time, to achieve the highest score. Every board has more than 100 possible words, and every tile can be played.
Fruit Ninja® helps you become a true warrior, swiping your finger across the screen to slash and splatter fruit like a pro. This app also uses Xbox Live achievements, so players can unlock achievements and shoot for the top of the leaderboards while racking up gamer score points.
Monopoly® for Windows Phone gives you the opportunity to buy, sell and trade the properties of the beloved classic board game, which comes to life with animated tokens and interactive features. Play through three levels of difficulty and save games in progress.
Words by Post is the only cross-platform word game that tracks your skill level and matches you against players of similar ability. Challenge your friends to games, or play ranked matches against random opponents.
Screen images simulated. Appearance of device may vary. Samsung, Samsung Focus are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Lync, Skydrive, Zune, Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Company names, product names and marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and may be trademarks or registered trademarks.