One of the key elements to differentiate the offering of Windows Phone from Nokia goes from that of competing producers to create unique applications dedicated to the owners of the Lumia smartphones.Since the inception of the smartphone market with Nokia operating system of Redmond, Drive applications such as Nokia, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music have indeed characterized the supplied Lumia software.
The Finnish manufacturer seems to want to grow the quantity of unique applications for its smartphones, that is why Nokia signed partnerships with major software companies to provide exclusive app.During CTIA 2012, which opened today in New Orleans, Nokia has announced several alliances with software companies like EA and Rovio, which allow you to use many unique applications in the coming months using a smartphone Lumia .
We can schematically summarize the app announced dividing them by categories. This sport includes:
- PGA Tour - developed in collaboration with Nokia and available exclusively for 12 months with the device Lumia
- ESPN - exclusive until May 2013
As for the games category you can record the presence of EA and Rovio between partners of the Finnish company:
- Angry Birds Space , which will arrive on the first device Lumia
- EA will release FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA Jam, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Mirror's Edge and Yahtzee
The lifestyle category and finance is well represented by:
- Groupon - the exclusivity period of six months from the launch
- Tripdot
- PayPal
As for applications dedicated to entertainment and news are reported:
- AOL Entertainment Hub - exclusively for six months with the device Lumia
- Time magazine
- Newsweek
We close with a personal productivity application, or Box , dedicated to the management of Cloud storage services.
On several occasions it was confirmed that the entry of Nokia in the field of Windows Phone had a positive impact not only the producer but to the entire ecosystem. The recent alliance between the house and leading Finnish software house definitely will make more and richer in quality app for Windows Phone Marketplace. The exclusive represent also an important tool to make more attractive to the general public smartphones Lumia.
