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The 10 most glaring Windows Store no-shows

After grinding to a standstill earlier in
the year, Microsoft’s Windows Store is finally starting to pick up steam, with recent additions such as Nokia Music,Twitter, and MLB.TV bringing big-name clout to the fledgling platform. Nevertheless, spending a week of self-imposed exile in Windows 8’s modern UI made it abundantly clear to me that some glaring omissions in Microsoft’s app catalog remain to be filled.

Still, even if some of your must-have apps appear in this list of the missing, all is not lost. You may be able to make do with Web apps, desktop apps (unless you’re on Windows RT), or third-party replacements. But ultimately there’s nothing like the real thing, which means that these apps need to appear in the Windows Store, stat!

From: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033876/the-10-most-glaring-windows-store-no-shows.html#tk.rss_all

Nokia Lumia 521 to Launch on T-Mobile in May

By Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool

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No. 4 wireless carrier T-Mobile will be exclusively launching Nokia‘s Lumia 521 phone starting in May, the company announced today.

The carrier had said in February that it would offer the device without detailing a specific time frame. The Lumia 521 is positioned as an affordable device. However, T-Mobile did not provide specific pricing details or a specific date in May for launch.

The Lumia 521 willl feature a 4-inch display and 5-megapixel camera, and offer several of Nokia’s first-party services such as Nokia Music. The device will be powered by Microsoft Windows Phone 8. T-Mobile plans to distribute the Lumia 521 through its retail stores, as well as Wal-Mart and Microsoft retail locations.

T-Mobile currently offers only two Windows Phone devices, the HTC 8X and Lumia 810.

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Could Outlook alter the sorry state of email apps for Windows RT?

Windows RT users have a hard life. Not only are they locked out of the Windows desktop ecosystem thanks to RT’s ARM-based processor architecture, but they face a limited supply of great app choices on the Windows Store are limited. Sure, we’ve seen a few nice additions lately—a barebones official Twitter client here, an equally barebones MLB.TV app there, and Nokia Music. But if you bought your RT device to get some work done, your app choices remain few and far between.

Microsoft has made some steady improvements to the built-in Mail app for Windows 8, but that client only covers the basics such as folder management and flagging messages. Power user features from Outlook like working with notes and tasks, color coding, and easy calendar integration are non-existent.

Beyond Microsoft’s built-in app, the Windows Store currently suffers from a dearth of mail clients. If you have a Yahoo account, you can get the official Yahoo Mail client, and there’s a smattering of third-party Gmail apps. For generic IMAP/POP email clients, there’s nothing worth your time. Business users requiring an Exchange client can get Nitrodesk’s TouchDown for $20. But TouchDown for Windows 8 and Windows RT has so far earned a three-star rating on the Windows Store; user reviews there cite complaints about poor functionality and slow response times.

So what’s an RT user to do: Use nothing but Web apps? Not for long, if the latest rumors are to be believed. Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrott on Thursday reported seeing with his own eyes the desktop version of Outlook running on a Surface for Windows RT tablet during a recent trip to Microsoft’s campus. Thurrott’s sneak peek at Outlook RT was unofficial and came via representatives from Microsoft third-party business partners who were given early access to the app.

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Hands on: Nokia Music app for Windows 8 hits the right notes

Following on the heels of an updated Windows 8 Music app from Microsoft, the software maker’s BFF in the mobile space has released its own Windows 8 modern UI jukebox. Nokia Music is now available from the Windows Store as a free download, providing access to Nokia’s Music+ subscription service, which launched in the U.S. in February for $4 per month.

If you’ve never used it, Music+ is similar to Pandora or Spotify’s free radio service, allowing you to listen to an uninterrupted stream of music in the form of playlists—known as “mixes” in Nokia’s parlance—defined by genre, artist, or themes, such as “most played country music.”

The new Nokia Music Windows 8 app features a one week trial of Music+, unlimited skips to pass over songs you don’t care for, offline playlist listening, song lyrics, artist bio pages with concert listings, and access to your Windows music library. Without a subscription to Music+, Nokia Music only plays 30-second snippets of music you don’t personally own.

Nokia Music‘s Music section.

If you’re an Xbox Music fan on Windows 8, the look and feel of Nokia Music will be immediately familiar. Each section of the app is divided up into a series of tiles showing you a list of available mixes, recent mixes you listened to, mixes you’ve created, and your own music library. Unlike the Windows 8 Music app, which shows your Windows Music library first, the track you’re currently listening to on Nokia Music is the first thing you see when you fire up the app.

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