Windows Phone App Review: TWiT (Updated)

TWiT for Windows Phone

TWiT.goggle box is a network of technology shows ranging from Windows Weekly to TWiT Photo to Tech News Today. TWiT, the Windows Phone app, brings all the goodness of TWiT.tv to your Windows Phone.

TWiT, the app,is well laid out and covers 20 9 TWiT.tv set network shows. And each of those shows accept dozens of episodes. All of which means that TWiT has plenty of tech talk to satisfy the geekiest of appetites.

The chief pages of TWiT covers highlights from new episodes, a Your TWiT page that shows your favorite shows and viewing history, a Shows page listing all the TWiT.tv shows, and a Live Audio folio where whatsoever upcoming sound shows will appear to allow y'all to listen in live.

TWiT Main Pages

At the lesser of the main pages of TWiT is a iii dot menu that will pull up options to:

Rate the app
View the settings/most pages
Submit feedback/report issues
Visit TWiT.tv via Cyberspace Explorer

The TWiT settings encompass clearing the prototype cache and turning on/off Home Tile Updates.

Once y'all detect a testify to your liking, yous can drill down to that detail TWiT.tv prove's pages that embrace the testify'south episode listing (in chronological order) and details on what the show is all well-nigh. From the three dot carte on these pages you tin send feedback to the evidence via electronic mail or voicemail. Push controls are bachelor to tag a show as a favorite or refresh the screen.

TWiT

Last but not least, each episode will take a series of pages that encompass the details on that detail episode and whatever comments on that episode. From these screens you have the selection to view the sound cast or video of that particular episode.

Button controls are present to permit you share the episode past e-mail or through your social networking sites. You as well have the selection from the three dot menu to play the video through your Zune Actor. Speaking of Zune, TWiT is meshed with your Windows Phone Zune in that episodes volition show upward in your Zune history and the play/break controls appear on your lock screen for episodes.

A couple of observations on video/audio playback. First, play back was shine, sound/video quality proficient and load times weren't as well shabby. Second, TWiT will call up where y'all left off and pick things back up at that signal. A dainty touch to eliminate the need to spend time hunting for that point in the broadcast where y'all left.

All in all, TWiT is a well presented app for your Windows Phone. Navigation is direct forward and simple and there is a lot of content. And information technology may be a small feature but I like that you lot accept the ability to send feedback directly to the bear witness.

The simply downside to the app is that TWiT is always refreshing. When you launch the app, information technology refreshes. When you go to view a prove'southward episode, it refreshes. It felt equally if the app refreshed at every opportunity imaginable. I wouldn't mind seeing a setting to turn off the automatic refresh to speed things up. If you're returning to TWiT to stop an episode or hunt an older episode, y'all may non need to refresh the content. The automatic refresh does insure that TWiT is current just if you have a slow connection, these refreshes can take a while to complete.

Again, all in all, TWiT is a very nice app for your Windows Phone with tons of tech content. If you're a fan of Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, Catherine Hall or whatever of the other hosts at TWiT.television set, TWiT is worth a attempt.

There is a trial version available but yous tin can only play content through your Zune Player (no internal player support). The full version of TWiT is running $two.99 and you tin can find TWiT here at the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Update:TWiT developer Dmitry Lyalin informs us that the trial version should not have whatsoever limitations. Unfortunately, there was a bug in the trial version in which the ad banners overlayed and hid the audio/video play buttons. The bug gave users (and myself) the impression that the trial version was limited. The paid version of TWiT did non accept this problems and nosotros were able to see all the playback controls.

An updated version of TWiT, v2.1, has already been submitted to the Market place for certification that should address this bug. The event will be an ad-supported, free version of TWiT that has the same functionality and goodness every bit the paid version. The paid version will still exist bachelor for those wanting to eliminate the banner ads.

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