Alien News - dedicated Reddit client for Windows Phone 7 - First Look

Biased post alert: I'm a huge Reddit fan and if you're into politics, science, humor or just learning neat stuff, all wrapped in a bacon blanket of a vibrant social community (while riding on a narwhal), then you should be too.

Alien News, by CH3 software, is a dedicated reader for the site, which encompasses users posting links to news articles, discussion of said article and voting up or down (aka upboats/downboats) of all content. The program comes in two versions: one completely functional, free and ad-supported the other ad-free for $0.99.

We gave the app a test run and came away impressed. It's smooth, fast and intuitive. There's some room for improvements e.g. voting needs to be more clear, but overall for an early release, we're pleased. Thankfully, we can now get our F7U12 comics to go. [Note: We incorrectly state in the video that the developer has an Android version]

Alien News can be found here (launches your Zune Desktop) or with Microsoft's Tag Reader from your Windows Phone, after the break.

Daniel Rubino
Editor-in-chief

Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.