Chrome to Windows Phone 7

November 19, 2010 by
 

I’ve just submitted my second app, Chrome to WP7 to the Windows Phone marketplace.  The app has a very simple purpose, to give you the ability to quickly send links and selected text from within the Chrome browser, to your Windows Phone.

The Chrome extension may be downloaded here.

Chrome to WP7 is in the marketplace!

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.

Update! Now supporting Firefox, IE8/9, Safari and Opera.

Screenshots

Screenshots (Phone)

Chrome to WP7 is free.

Comments

20 Comments on Chrome to Windows Phone 7

  1. Tim on Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 2:19 AM

    2. Wow. This is pretty awesome. Been waiting for something similar since I ditched my Android phone for Windows Phone 7. Great work! Can’t wait for it to appear in the Marketplace.

  2. Prophet on Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 11:36 AM

    3. Sick! Thanks!

  3. TT on Tue, 23rd Nov 2010 12:19 AM

    4. Nice! I would have written this application myself if you hadn’t done it :)

  4. andrew on Sun, 28th Nov 2010 8:51 PM

    5. Did this app get denied in the marketplace? I still don’t see it there… If so, can you post the .XAP for those of use who really want this capability?

  5. Dave on Mon, 29th Nov 2010 3:35 PM

    6. @Andrew – yes it was finally kicked back to me this afternoon. I’ve added a link to the XAP in the post.

  6. Andrew on Mon, 29th Nov 2010 4:49 PM

    7. Thanks Dave! I was checking the market all the time and not seeing it, so I knew something went wrong. Thanks for the XAP – I’ll provide feedback too.

  7. Dave on Mon, 29th Nov 2010 5:09 PM

    8. @Andrew – actually I think they weren’t approving all last week in the USA or something. I’d appreciate feedback (having never used the Android version) – please email directly (dave at daveamenta dot com)

  8. Chrome To Windows Phone - ThinkMobile on Mon, 29th Nov 2010 9:32 PM

    9. [...] I learned one of the gaps may be filled in the near future by Dave Amenta, who has released the Chrome To Windows Phone 7 app to the Windows Phone [...]

  9. Chrome to Windows Phone Is Available on Thu, 2nd Dec 2010 1:39 PM

    10. [...] We knew that this app was on its way and it’s now available. Remember that you need to get the PC plugin here:http://www.daveamenta.com/2010-11/chrome-to-windows-phone-7/ [...]

  10. Chrome to WP7 Hits the Marketplace | Windows Roundup on Thu, 2nd Dec 2010 2:36 PM

    11. [...] Many Windows Phone 7 users coming from Android (or even the iPhone) may have been accustomed to a service known as Chrome to Phone. Thanks to the work of a developer by the name of Dave Amenta, the Windows Phone Marketplace now has “Chrome to WP7″ which does the same type of things. By browsing to his site, you can find out Chrome to WP7. [...]

  11. Chrome to Windows Phone 7 now available–syncs Chrome links to WP7 on Thu, 2nd Dec 2010 2:56 PM

    12. [...] software is now available in marketplace, and with the desktop component, available on Dave’s website here, works exactly as [...]

  12. Mark on Thu, 2nd Dec 2010 3:45 PM

    13. Great app, you should be charging for it… That said, one nice addition would be the ability to delete an item. Am I missing something and that’s already possible?

    Thanks for the great app!

  13. Joel on Fri, 3rd Dec 2010 11:23 AM

    14. This is pretty fantastic app! I would also like to see the ability to clear out the list or delete individual links. Thanks for your work on this, it will be used much!

  14. Kevin on Fri, 3rd Dec 2010 11:39 AM

    15. Love the app. Thanks for the great work. Wish it was possible to delete entries though, but something I could live without.

  15. TY on Fri, 3rd Dec 2010 12:07 PM

    16. This will come in really handy while I am at the office and want to have stuff to read on the bus ride home.

  16. Tom on Fri, 3rd Dec 2010 1:52 PM

    17. Just wanted to say thanks! downloaded and works like a charm.

  17. Robert on Sat, 4th Dec 2010 11:37 AM

    18. Agree with Mark – this is a great little app – the inability to delete an item is a must.

  18. Samuel Slade on Sat, 4th Dec 2010 12:50 PM

    19. I think this is amazing! I am a developer and was actually considering creating something like this recently (I’d gotten as far as thinking “it would be awesome to be able to just send the page URL to my phone”).

    One suggestion or feature request I’d like to make, is when you click on the push notification, can you have it so that it auto opens the link in the browser? (I’ve no idea if this is possible as I’ve not yet had time to dev on the Windows Phone) It would be similar functionality to the messaging app then :-)

    Thanks for creating this app and especially for distributing it for free! :-D

  19. thierry verdier on Fri, 10th Dec 2010 7:48 AM

    20. very useful but how can we delete an item ?

  20. Ryan G on Sun, 24th Jul 2011 4:53 PM

    21. Not sure if this has been answered already or not, but a long press on the link should bring up a long list of options with delete at the top of the list.

    Love the application Dave!