500px Official app comes to Windows Phone

The Windows Phone App store is finally catching up with iOS and Android apps, recently we sawInstagram come to Windows Phone followed by the popular game, Subway Surfers. The next app to join the Windows Phone store, which now boasts more than 200,000 apps is the official app of 500px. 500px is easily one of the most popular photography social networks and there were numerous third party applications on the Windows Phone store but not the official app. That hole has been plugged as 500px have finally launched a Windows Phone application.

 

Unlike the iOS or Android version, you cannot directly upload pictures to your collection right from the app which is kind of disappointing. All you can do is that you can check out various photos that are there in the site. You can view photos, comment on them or share the photos and by tapping the image, you can view details of the photo including EXIF data. You can also set a live tile that display’s various pictures and you can configure your lockscreen to show images from the 500px app.

The app is great and the official feature list is as follows

Stay up to date on your friends’ activity using our innovative Flow.
Sign up for 500px using your favorite social network or with your email address
Explore the Popular, Editors’ Choice, Upcoming and Fresh feeds, as well as other feeds of amazing photography with the swipe of a finger
Filter Photos using Categories
Use the search capability to find photographs that match a specific search term
Tap on a photograph and view it in full-screen mode. Tap again to display stats, comments or votes about this photograph
Beautiful Lock Screen photo: Use Settings -> Lock Screen Settings to configure your background and view fresh and inspiring photographs
Use Live Tile to customize your tile sizes and bring 500px photographs right to your home screen
Interact with the community by commenting on photo, liking them, or adding them to your favorites for later viewing
Receive and access notifications when the community members interact with you and your photos