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Browse through the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with Bing Visual Search

Browse through the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with Bing Visual Search

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Microsoft has just launched a new Bing Visual Search feature that lets users browse through the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace directly in there browser without the need of the Zune desktop software. It’s pretty slick and easy to use if you are looking for something or just want to know how an application looks like (you have access to screenshots and descriptions. You can filter the results by date, categories, top rated, most downloaded etc. There are currently 1658 applications available in the US Marketplace according to Bing. Head over here to check it out.

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