Five favorite Windows 8 preview apps


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Note: This list is also available as a photo gallery.

1: People


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2: Remote Desktop


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3: The Tower by American Airlines


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The Tower makes you feel as if you're an air traffic controller -- without the stress.


4: YouCam



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5: SigFig


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SigFig was a winner in the Windows 8 First Apps contest.

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Just 'forced' to replace my HTC HD which had 'died'. In Australia, best I could do in a W phone was the HTC HD&. No Outlook sync..................c'mon Microsoft......get with it. I HATE my stuff being forced into the cloud vi your Live service. Looking elsewhere .......and my firm has 40 mobiles..........all will go smartphones before too long. Probably not a windows phone either


Sorry, I know it's not yet ready for Prime Time but Windows 8 Metro and the App tiles are all just horribly fugly. Brutal on the eyes.


It doesn't merely *allow* you to import your portfolio, but it *requires* it. You can't add securities manually, rather it demands your username and password for your investment account. Call me paranoid, but I don't give up my banking login credentials to a third party without good reason, and this is no good reason.


The last three are pointless on desktops or laptops. No camera, and the airline and stock apps aren't needed when a full-featured browser is available. Comparisons to Windows Phone don't help much; it's not like many people have experience with it as compared to more popular phone operating systems.