Series’ 7 Marketplace, Microsoft’s answer to the Appstore

You will have more than likely read our article earlier this week about our first impressions of Windows Series’ 7however we didn’t really go into much details about Microsoft’s answer to the Apple AppStore.. the “Marketplace“.

Well, as you can see from the image above, the first screen you will see when you enter the Marketplace Hub is a page containing categories for various applications on the marketplace and a selection of featured applications, which at a guess will be used as an advertising space for applications. This may function in a number of ways; for example like the music hub showing your most recent accessed content or perhaps applications similar to that you’ve already downloaded?

Once inside a category, you will be greated with a page similar to that of below listing newly added and most popular applications:

You can’t argue that it is a very sleek looking interface and sticks to the minimalistic UI used throughout the operating system, but will it be as functional and easy to use as Apple’s fantastic AppStore? Guess.. we will have to wait and see.

Stay tuned to DigiLounge for the latest updates and news on Windows Series 7!