Windows Phone 7 app partners, marketplace, Netflix prototype shown

by JC Fletcher on Mar 15th 2010 8:00PM

Microsoft held a Windows Phone 7 blowout event today, revealing details about the new interface, games, and apps for the upcoming mobile OS. Among the software shown was a repeat of the coup it perpetrated on Xbox, namely a Netflix app for its mobile OS that includes Instant Streaming. Neat!

In addition to Netflix, Microsoft listed a bunch of companies that have signed on for Windows Phone apps. Names like Hudson, EA Mobile, PopCap, and Foursquare should be familiar to iPhone users -- as, we're guessing, should be the apps these companies put out.

Microsoft also revealed how you'll buy these and other apps: through a new Windows Phone Marketplace, which will also allow developers to set trial periods for their downloads.

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Tags: netflix, windows-phone, windows-phone-7, windows-phone-7-series, windows-phone-marketplace

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netflix for you phone?

but.... why?

well netflix are working on netflix streaming for nintendo ds. (i guess its the next gen ds, but who knows)

Because I love to watch Doctor Who whenever I am bored.

Why not? I'd kill for Netflix functionality on my mobile. Start watching a movie or show on Xbox Netflix the night before, finish it on the commute, or during your lunch break, or between classes. That would kick ass.

Hoping WP7 gets shoehorned into a Zune HD 2 if only for this function alone, the game stuff is just icing for me now.

To you, sir, I say "why not?"

Well, why not?

Streaming content is a much better alternative for a phone than having all the movies and shows you want to watch on the phone's memory.

To be honest, this actually makes me more interested in the phone itself than before.

Holy crap, that was a lot of "Why not"s.

Great minds, I say, think alike.

I'd like my next phone to have a screen like the HD2, that would be great for watching video on. I really love the look of the new WinMo. I'm just worried about some stuff like the whole multitasking issue.

You've never wanted to watch a movie on the go? Weird, must be just me then.

eh, i suppose i just don't spend that much in time to want to watch a video, i usually read the newspaper or something..

Yes, the newspaper, don't patronize me, those things still do exist.

That's a good one, Brian. Newspapers. . .

Who carries a news paper with them all day though, save the WSJ reading crowd?

But... Why not?!

A feature Netflix needs to work into this, is the ability to cache an entire movie, or a couple episodes of a show, for later use. (i.e. Queue up a flick while sitting in the airport, for use on that flight.)

Newspaper? Do you read that whilst listening to your "cassette tapes?" Beware of that thing catching fire with all that candle light you're using.

jk.

I'm geeking off the thought of streaming movies for my kids from my phone to the TVs in my headrest in the car

So, no one's going to talk about the ads on the phone... There are ADS ON THE PHONE...

but... why not?

MS has a lot of potential to shake up the market. Whew!

What happened to WinMo? Who are we supposed to make fun of now?

Blackberry of course. They're still stuck in the stone ages.

eh, they are still gaining market share, so they must be doing something right.

Blackberry may not be much for entertainment or (in my opinion) a pleasant UI interface but when it comes to productivity they are amazing. I've noticed the people at my work that are always getting a ton o email an need to stay on top of it all swear by their 'crackberries'.

That would be "ton OF email" they also have better keyboards than my iPhone (well except the storm). :D

NETFLIX ON A FUKIN PHONE!!!

GOODBYE iPHONE!!!

After this announcement, there will be "an app for that". : )

It's not likely to show up for the iPhone, Netflix runs on Silverlightm which was developed by, of course, Microsoft.

Netflix doesnt run on JUST Silverlight....at least I don't think it does....I mean at first it did run thru Flash...

iPhone doesn't do Flash either, remember?

Netflix has a common API that's open to third party developers. I'm sure if we saw an official Netflix app it would bypass Silverlight in the same way that the Youtube app (and the youtube developer API) bypasses Flash.

@ NamePending - Microsoft would probably kill to have Silverlight on iPhone OS, they want it to become a standard, they don't want to limit it's availability (It's Apple that wouldn't want it, same with Flash)

Got ahead of myself there, I guess there isn't a common API for Netflix Instant Watch as far as viewing content goes at least.

an iPhone probably would have no problem with a Netflix app.. it is trying to stream it over ATT that is the problem.. haha

Yep, some coup.

*watches Netflix on PS3*

say that again when your ps3 fits in your pocket.

uhhhh Ben Heck is working on it...

Dont listen to him Ezio, you'll end up ruining both your pants and your PS3.

Blackberries are losing there market share if you didn't know and I thk windows is late to enter the smart phone battle now

uhhh you DO know the FIRST Smartphone was a WinMo phone right??

now....Go That way===============>

"uhhh you DO know the FIRST Smartphone was a WinMo phone right??"

That point just makes it more apparent how much they dropped the ball... Android and the iPhone OS have made Microsoft redo everything from the ground up. Even if WinMo was the first, that name means nothing as of last month, dead in the water. None of that WinMo legacy is compatible with WinPhone7.

Chris Microsoft weren't first to produce smart phones, I dont think they have been the first to produce anything..

It was IBM with Simon -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%28phone%29

followed by:

Nokia Communicator (1996) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Communicator

WinMo 7 is pretty meh imho, its a different take on touch screen phones like iphone / android ooh and it has its own marketplace now, how original ...

http://www.engadget.com/photos/three-windows-phone-7-series-devices-all-in-a-row/#2803173 -- I really dont like the ui, ive heard a few reviewers going all weak at the knees over it, I personally think it looks shit. Each to their own..

Also the comment boards on engadget are going wild over the phone, the market place is a complete rip off of Apple iphone , why am I not surprised and the phone cant multitask -- I'll be sticking to Android ..

Cause the android market place is NOTING like the App store, amirite? There's no original ideas in Competition anymore, just improving those that exist.

What I meant is that winphone7s new market place is as locked down as apples, you cant install anything outside of the market place, you cant add sources etc etc..

Android marketplace while similar , is slightly different. You can enable non-android market sources .. It is in fact more akin to something like apt-get / synaptic. If you have used ubuntu or debian you will know what I am talking about.. Infact the whole market place / appstore idea is basically apt-get which goes back to 1998 and to Linux / Debian..

The Empire Strikes Back!

Yay! Down with iPhone! Force Apple to actually innovate and compete for customers!

queue fade.

You know, I can't remember the last time I had a BSOD. RRoD, yeah, but haven't seen a BSoD.

If you have a clue how to work Windows, you don't have problems.

as much as i understand the convenience of mobile netflix, with the continued proliferation of film on smartphone devices i can't help but feel that this somewhat wrecks the movie watching experience. movies are an inherently visual art form, so to watch them on such a small screen is, i think, undercutting some of the intended experience.

mr. david lynch has much stronger words for it than i, but nonetheless we agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

I agree. However, for movies that I've already seen, it wouldn't be too bad to kill some time on.

I remember the music elitests and audiophiles saying the same thing about MP3s and digital media altogether. While it would be great if everyone on earth had a 50inch plasma, or if everyone on earth had top-of-the-line pro audio monitors, that simply isn't the case and the avg. consumer doesn't really care about the "intended veiwing/listening experience". That's simply elitest, artisic BS. And this is coming from an audio guy.

I was just going to link you that David Lynch video. People as a whole no longer care about quality. At least, not to the extent that we'd like. Download a song or purchase it from itunes or Amazon and you're getting it at a serious downgrade from its CD version. Most people don't care about that. This is the same deal, and I hate thinking about it.

@embassy

I didn't see your comment before listening. I don't think it's fair to call everyone like that an "elitist." Sure, maybe if they're being an ass about it, but not everyone is like that. I think it's very disconcerting that as a society we are sacrificing quality for convenience. If that doesn't bother you, that's fine with me.

Just try and be a little more open minded.

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