Windows Phone 8 is the Microsoft operating system for touchscreen smartphones and tablets, relatively new compared to iOS (iPhone) and Android. The number of Windows Phone phones is certainly lower than Android phones and compared to iPhones but since we are talking about Microsoft we can expect a clear increase for 2015 thanks to Nokia Lumia.
Just think that a large company like Nokia, now in the hands of Microsoft, has staked everything on Windows Phone, launching some new Nokia Lumia phones to return to the market and not lose further ground than Apple, Samsung and HTC.
If you have a new Windows Phone 8 mobile phone, you will find significantly less applications than the huge iPhone and Android app stores, but you can download and install numerous useful applications for free.
In this article we then see the best 70 applications to be installed on Nokia Lumia smartphones and other mobiles with Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, divided into several categories:
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To read news :
1) Pulse is the application to read the RSS feeds of any news site or blog and stay updated in real time.
The interface is very convenient to consult as if it were a multimedia newspaper.
2) NextGen Reader is not free but it is clearly the best application for reading news from your favorite blogs and newspapers also because it supports integration with Feedly.
3) Flipboard is the application to read the most popular articles in online newspapers and blogs by browsing them like a magazine.
To listen to music :
4) SoundHound to recognize which song is by listening or humming it by voice.
5) Stop The Music to stop the music immediately.
6) 8Tracks to listen to streaming music playlists from your mobile phone according to your mood or occasion.
7) Shazam, like Soundhound, serves to recognize song titles from listening.
8) Slacker Radio an online radio organized in music stations to listen to for free.
10) Last.fm is the application of the popular streaming music site
11) YouTube to watch Youtube videos on mobile phone.
12) TuneWiki to listen to streaming songs and read the lyrics.
For pictures and photos :
13) PuriClub to add frames, stickers, colorful images and other effects to photos)
14) Flickr to upload, save and share photos on the internet.
15) Photofunia to create photomontages from the Nokia Lumia smartphone with Windows Phone.
16) Photosynth is a Microsoft-owned application that allows you to capture incredible 360-degree interactive images.
In the new version you can easily share photos on Facebook and Twitter or even in the Photosynth community.
17) Adobe Photoshop Express is the real Photoshop on your Windows / Nokia phone. You can edit, crop, flip, rotate or apply filters and special effects to photos and immediately share them on social networks.
Adobe Photoshop Express requires Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 and at least 512 MB of memory.
18) Image Map to edit and view all photo data, including EXIF data and geolocation.
Chat and phone calls on WP8
19) Outsider is an exclusive social network for users who use a Windows Phone 7 mobile phone.
20) Kik Messenger is similar to Whatsapp to send messages and receive them for free from other registered users.
21) Skype for Windows Phone allows you to make free calls and video calls.
23) WhatsApp is the famous Messenger also available for Android and iPhone to send free messages from your mobile phone.
24) IM + unifies the chats of some popular online messaging services such as Facebook, Skype, Google Talk, Yahoo.
Location services and travel apps :
25) Poynt to discover nearby places.
26) Skyscanner to find air flights at the lowest possible price.
27) TripIt for travel planning on Windows Phone.
28) Groupon to find offers and discount coupons.
29) Foursquare to share your position with friends.
30) Ilmeteo to know temperatures and weather forecast.
31) Waze, the social GPS navigator that informs about traffic, the best app for finding roads and itineraries.
31) Foodspotting allows you to find restaurants, based on what you want to eat.
33) GeoReminder to remember a particular task when you are in a specific place
33) Yammer allows you to create an internal social network for a company or team.
35) AccuWeather to know the weather forecast and the weather in real time.
Social Network
36) Twitter
37) Facebook
38) Facebook Messenger
39) Seesmic which integrates Twitter and Facebook
40) Google to use Google as an app.
42) Instagram, the app to take photos, edit them with filters and then share them on Facebook.
Utility
43) Sticky Tiles for writing post it notes on the WP8 and WP7 screen tiles.
44) WizTiles to customize the tiles and change the graphic style on the mobile phone.
45) Handy scan to scan documents using the camera.
46) Adobe Reader to read pdf
5) Microsoft PDF Reader is an app to read PDF files on your smartphone, lighter than Adobe's.
47) Evernote to take notes and save them online
48) Cool tools offers many tools in one app: flashlight, countdown timer, stopwatch, calculator, accelerometer and many other accessories.
49) Notepad Free is a notepad for taking notes
50) GTasks is used to keep reminders that are also saved in Google Tasks and Gmail.
51) Password Padlock is used to create a single password and manage all accounts of online services securely.
52) WallPaper offers background images of various sizes and categories that can be downloaded for free and easily.
53) Microsoft Office Lens allows you to scan documents with your phone, automatically cut and resize the document in a readable format and make digital copies of each sheet of paper or business card.
54) Paypal is the official app for sending and receiving payments via PayPal.
5) Amazon is the official app to appear online on the most convenient and best-stocked store in the world.
55) Files is a fundamental app for every Nokia smartphone and Windows Phone because it allows you to browse files as you would on a Windows PC.
56) Network Speed Test is used to measure the speed of the internet connection.
57) App Folder is used to group applications into folders as you would on iPhone.
58) Measures Mate is an excellent unit converter
59) Stopwatch with countdown timer
60) World Clock to have all the clocks and time zones in the world.
61) Compass is the compass.
62) 69) Compass VO is another app for having the compass.
63) Flashlight Zero is an excellent flashlight to illuminate using the flash or the screen.
64) Tonido allows remote access to your computer's files, and for streaming music from your PC to the Windows Phone (see Tonido for publishing online files on your computer)
65) Cool Remote to control the PC from the mobile phone and also use the smartphone as a wireless mouse.
66) Myxer to find ringtones.
67) Calorie Tracker to record the amount of calories consumed each day)
68) App Flow to discover new applications for Windows Phone 7.
69) 1App Budget to keep a record of expenses and costs.
70) WP Tile Shortcuts is used to add shortcuts to various cell phone functions on the home screen.
71) Dropbox, official client to upload and use the files of the popular cloud service.
Of course, there are many other applications to find in the Italian Windows Phone marketplace and if you have reports of other apps that you consider indispensable, let people know.
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