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hey guys it's brand a minimun from pocket navcom in this video we're gonna take a look at the Zune HD marketplace when we first heard about the marketplace on the Zune HD we thought okay well Windows Mobile is getting a marketplace in October does that mean that the Zune HD will be able to run Windows Mobile apps or at least some of them the answer is no the marketplaces are not related they're two different tracks on Microsoft in fact the Marketplace on the Zune HD is closed there's no SDK third-party developers at this time cannot create applications for the Zune HD it's possible that that may change in the future as Microsoft has said publicly but for now let's take a look at their implementation of the Marketplace on the Zune to see if we can learn anything about what's coming up in Windows Mobile so I'm gonna turn on the device it's got this cool unlock screen and let's zoom in a little bit also a lot of people said that the windows mobile 6.5 titanium interface is kind of Zune inspired well that may be the case it's not really so on the Zune HD I mean it's basically a scrollable list on the main screen you press the home button and you always come back to this area so let's go to the marketplace and the marketplace is actually divided into two things applications and music you can't download movies onto the Zune HD directly you have to do it from your computer let's go to apps since that's what we're talking about right now and right now we're in all apps let me show you all the apps calculator chess goose blat hectic shell game of the future space battle - Sudoku Texas Hold'em and whether that is it these are all Microsoft in-house developed games they're all free and I've actually downloaded a few of them so you can get a feel for their quality so go back to this screen but go to where it says apps and here are three games I've downloaded or well here's an application let's see what calculator looks like you get the little Zune logo and hey what do you know it's it was basic calculator you could have never imagined and you can turn it over to landscape and get another view that's kind of boring let's see what else we have in the ABS let's take a look at chess now this is very annoying you get a Kia ad every time you play chess what's up with that you're trying to play a free game on a device that you just paid two $300 for now you have to watch a commercial I guess it covers Microsoft's cost of development for the chess game but you have to sit through that every time every time you want to play chess so here it comes it's a little bit slow but the graphics are actually pretty decent once you get in the game okay so single player screens very responsive it'd be nice if the Zune HD was actually a phone it would make a really awesome phone better resume I already started a game and here's chess basic simple chess game it's not 3d or anything but it's it's quite easy to use and you get the idea let's go back to the other app that I'd downloaded onto the device and again hey you want to bite you anyone yes we'll wait that out shell game of the future says shake this has an accelerometer in it well this looks too boring to even play Microsoft says that there are higher quality applications coming out later in November such as 3d games we've seen some pictures of these plus a Facebook Twitter app which would be useful I just hope that they're faster loading then are these other games and apps and that they don't have a commercial run every time that you want to play it so overall it looks like the marketplace for Zune and the marketplace for Windows Mobile are totally separate they have nothing to do with one another and and our hopes for having Windows Mobile apps on Zune and Zune apps on Windows Mobile devices is now shattered that said we really hope that microsoft puts in place some of these design elements of the Zune HD UI into Windows Mobile 7 or the next version of windows mobile 6.5 we'll be back soon to talk about the internet experience on the Zune HD we can learn a little bit more about what Microsoft is thinking by taking a look at sort of how they arrange everything on the Zune HD a very beautiful device with a gorgeous interface and a lot to offer we'll be back soon with more