WPCentral Official App Finder Tool

[sd173]

Since Windows Phone has and has been getting so many official apps, I think WPCentral should have some sort of official product/service app finder on the site and WPCentral app. Since anyone with a Windows Phone could just search the store, and anyone without one could search windowsphone.com, I think that it should also show client product/service apps for official apps not on Windows phone. For example, if someone searched for Tesla, it could show the unofficial Tesla client
on the Windows Phone Store. Also, as an exception, if someone searched for YouTube, although it's already on Windows phone (but really bad), this tool could show unofficial client apps like mytube or tubecast (especially if someone searches for chrome cast).

I think a possible obstacle to this tool is it would need a list of unofficial client apps for a large range of services and products that a person could search for. Searching with names and keywords on the marketplace could also bring up unofficial apps, but I think this would be a convenient feature to have on WPCentral. How does a tool like this sound as a possible part tool on WPCentral?

 

[James Falconer]

I like the suggestion. Thanks for posting it!...

Something along the lines of this, perhaps (note the search functionality)? CrackBerry's Best of BB10 | CrackBerry.com

 

[sd173]

Something along the lines of this, perhaps (note the search functionality)? CrackBerry's Best of BB10 | CrackBerry.com

Something like that, I'm not really familiar with BlackBerry's app selection, but when I searched "YouTube" (and a few others I thought would be there), nothing came up. What I was suggesting would show alternative client apps by searching the WP marketplace and link to WPCentral articles related to those apps, if possible (I think I forgot to mention that last part in the OP though).

 

[James Falconer]

We have something similar in the works... sort of like the CB example I posted above

 

[sd173]

We have something similar in the works... sort of like the CB example I posted above

That's awesome! I can't wait to see it!