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Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7: Demo

2010-10-11
here with xbox live we're gonna get a tour of Xbox Live integration good alright so here we go we go down here to the game tab which is where all your xbox live games will live even if your games Amarth xbox live enabled if you purchase they'll still show up in the games up and the idea is that in the game Sam is everything to do with gaming so xbox live other third-party games that aren't necessarily xbox live enabled will show up here in your collection view let's see here that they have kind of try now button so they're not currently downloaded on the phone but one of the cool things to about the games on x1 DOS Phone 7 is that all have a try before you buy policy so before you spend your money give a chance to give it a quick roll and decide if you want to pay for it or not every apps going to have it correct yep and so you toggle over here to the right and this is where we'll be able to program content much like you find on the dashboard and on your Xbox console so new games promotions you know go check out Major Nelson view inside Xbox Live video I kind of stuff will show up here on the spotlight flip over again and this is gonna be where your avatar your gamer score and your latest achievement are going to be displayed and as you can see here that's my hat though it's not currently my avatar but someone's avatar but it's the same avatar you'll find on the console the same one that's on the web you make changes to your avatar here on the phone those changes are reflected back on your consult so super tight integration with xbox live which is totally cool and you also be able to see your achievements and then your total gamer score as well what's really cool we put back over to there to our collection really quick the games that Xbox I have enabled on this phone will have their own unique pool of the gamer score points so 200 points so let's say you have this phone your friend has you know some other phone with that Xbox Live you know how to now have access to a whole bunch more points than your friend does simply because you have a Windows Phone 7 which is super cool so back table back over here this is actually we're gonna see requests that are sent to you from your friends so like game requests and also your friends status one thing I'll mention is that there'll be an additional free Xbox Live extras application that you download just once and it will enhance the kind of the features of this hub and so once you download that application your avatar actually gets a little bit bigger it's 3d you can you can interact with your avatar if you poke if you kind of jumps around you shake your phone it falls down but it also enables a richer experience with your friends so you can see all your friends playing it you know halo right now are they playing call of duty they'll also build a do messaging through the Xbox Live service from Windows Phone to the Xbox console and vice versa so your friend can see see that you're on your phone playing send you a note through the Xbox Live service say hey when you get home let's fire up the new halo and you can message it back and save see at 7 o'clock and that's really cool too for the folks that are used to messaging their friends to Xbox Live that's gonna be dead easy so that's a quick tour of the Xbox Live up and/or the Xbox Live features of the phone on the games have been Windows Phone 7 thank you very much every gesture no worries you
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