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Amazon app for Windows Phone 7 released: Hands on video

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Amazon has officially released its official Windows Phone 7 application today so I decided to take a quick look at it and shoot a video to show you how it looks like and performs (especially for those of you out of the US and who don’t seem to have access to it (the application is apparently dedicated to Amazon.com only). The first thing you’ll notice is that the performance is extremely good for a Windows Phone 7 application (they are known to be quite sluggish normally) but this isn’t surprising given the quality of the Amazon Kindle application that was released last month. Another bonus point for Amazon: it runs under the lock screen (yeah!). Anyway, check out the video after the break:

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