Chrome to Windows Phone 7 now in the Marketplace

Things are moving right along for Windows Phone 7 as the platform slowly matures and gets new features and apps. This time it’s Chrome to Windows Phone 7, perfect for users of the Google browser who happen to own the new Microsoft handsets. After all, the speedy and clean browser is gaining popularity and market share, so it only makes sense that a developer would jump on the opportunity to make it compatible with Windows Phone 7.

With Chrome to Windows Phone 7, you can send links and text from Chrome to your Windows Phone 7 device – just as the name implies. Here is what the developer says on his blog:

Chrome to WP7 works similarly to Chrome to Phone for Android.  A push notification is sent to the phone, which will show up as a toast, and upon opening the app, a list of your most recent links and text are available, regardless of whether or not the push notification succeeded.  From within the app, you may email the Title/URL/Text, or open the link.

Without having used the app, it’s hard to say just how convenient or well this works, but I’m sure that it’s handy for Chrome users who want to be able to transition between their PCs and Windows Phone devices. And while it doesn’t seem like the ability to view, edit and send text or links from such an app, features like this actually do come in handy versus copying and pasting things to yourself via e-mail. If nothing else, it simplifies that process and saves you just a bit of time.

I’m still on the Firefox bandwagon because of its add-ons and features still missing in Chrome, but I don’t find myself using Firefox Sync or Home or anything like that. Although for die-hard Firefox users like myself, a version of that for Windows Phone 7 certainly would be just as nice as Chrome to Windows Phone 7.

[Via: Dave Amenta]