Apps

Published on March 29th, 2012 | by Sam Sabri

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Flud for Windows Phone now in Marketplace

One of the biggest knocks Windows Phone receives when comparing it to iOS or Android is the number of apps. Yeah, we know quantity doesn’t equal quality, but to most people that point falls on deaf ears. I’d rather have a few good quality apps for the platform than a million fart apps, and who wouldn’t?

So it’s refreshing when young start-up like companies embrace the platform and bring a Windows Phone version of their product. Flud is a social news reader that was just released earlier today into the Marketplace. To be fair I didn’t know anything about them before downloading the app, but so far I’m liking the social aspect of a news reader. In terms of design Flud feels at home on your Windows Phone, big beautiful images, pinning portions of the app to your home screen, and more.  You can follow what your friends read and connect over similar interests. Performance could be better. While the images are being downloaded it can get a little sluggish on my HTC Radar, but for a first step on Windows Phone I can’t wait to see it improve.  Check out the description from the Marketplace below:

Introducing a new kind of social news reader. Flud is a place where everyone has a news personality. For the first time ever, the things you read about give you topical credibility among your friends and followers. Beautiful design, simple user interface, and integrated social features make Flud the best place to read your news.

Customize Flud to your personal tastes. Follow all your favorite blogs and news sites, save stories to read when you have time or offline, Flud articles you love, connect with friends and other Fluders who share your interests. Your Flud profile allows you to discover your news personality and become a credible source of information.

Features

- Find Fluders who share your interests in news, blogs, and topics

- Flud articles you love and share them with your followers

- See what your followers are reading with the Activity Feed

- Access your Reading List wherever you are, no Internet required

- Easily add, reorder, or remove feeds

- Connect to Google Reader, Twitter, and Facebook

Be sure to follow me on Flud, my user name is “samsabri”. Very creative. Also download the app here or use the Microsoft Tag below.

Links: Flud in Marketplace, Thanks to JaycobC on Twitter for pointing it out!

Tags: flud, news reader

About the Author

Sam Sabri Secretly plotting world domination. In the meantime I write about Windows Phone and Windows 8 at Go Windows Go.