Download the Tom's Hardware Windows 8 Metro App Today
Are you rocking Windows 8? Get our Metro app!
Like our readers, we at Tom's Hardware like to be at the very forefront of new technology. We're sure that many of you have already downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview to give it a spin on your test machines. For those of you who have, we have a special Metro treat for you to enjoy.
We're proud to announce that the Tom's Hardware native Metro application is now available for those running Windows 8 Release Preview. Through the native Metro application, readers will have access to our guides to CPUs, Motherboards, Graphics Cards (GPUs), Storage (HDD, SDD, NAS). You'll also have access to the latest news and reports on new product releases.
If you find something that you want to share, you can easily do so from the Metro app to your Facebook or Twitter. For commuters or those who may be moving between data connections, there's also the option to preload articles for offline reading.
Download the Tom's Hardware Metro app for Windows 8 here.
If you haven't yet downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview, you can grab it here.
i love toms but i positively HATE win8
... I thought that you could only get metro apps through the Windows Store?
I am waiting for the metro virus that starts shifting those app tiles around like that little cheap plastic tile-puzzle thing.
I don't even want to use metro on my tablet.
*cough* video game and movie sequels *cough*
PS Time to go dig out my Windows 8 VM. I'll be trying this out soon
And by the way. Where is the comments section? I want to the have it in the Metro app.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7025/tomsmetroapp.jpg
It runs very smooth as expected(metro does have that).
Being able to scroll on some pages with the mouse(it wheel) would be nice. The system builder does need scrolling to see it all.
Other then that, it honestly looks good, not going to replace heading to the site it self any time soon.
No kidding... I've always found apps to be stupid for that very reason.
Here's what Tom's Hardware app for Android wants:
Read phone state and identity
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to, and the like.
Is this really necessary? And every time a new version of an app is installed, it can ask for new permissions. Assuming you care about apps having access to your personal information, checking app permissions every time they update is a lot of work just to get something inferior to even the mobile site. Apps are for stuff that use device capabilities that browsers don't have (yet).
Are Metro apps similarly intrusive?