Here’s the second part of the recommended application list. This time we focus on Audio and video, books and news, weather and sports. You can access the first part of the list from here. Please do send in your feedback and any great applications that you have come across that need to be featured in the lists. Unlike the first list, this list mostly contains free to use applications. Accuweather 
Price : Free Section: News + weather Size: 4 MB Accuweather has one of the biggest weather databases in the world. With over 2.7 million global locations, this one is a must have weather app, especially when you are not in metropolitan areas. Feature include two sided tiles, hourly forecasts, store up to seven locations, extremely detailed weather conditions, proprietary weather forecast system, weather notices and warnings, high quality weather videos.
Soundhound
Price : Free Section: music+video Size: 1 MB Not able to recognize a song that is playing near you? Soundhound is the best tool on Windows Phone that not only helps you find the song but it starts showing lyrics as the songs goes which is very helpful. Also, you can share your find on your social networks along with your location info. The application also keep history of all the songs that it helped you find.
TuneIn Radio
Price : Free Section: music+video Size: 1 MB One of the best radio applications available on Windows Phone. You can choose from over 50,000 stations and 1.2 million on-demand streams. You can pin stations to the start screen and it needs just one tap to start playback and since this app can be run in background, you can play your favourite stations in the background. Mixtapes 
Price : Free Section: music+video Size: 1 MB Millions of songs organized into mixes is what Mixtapes is. Consider this as cloud version of those good old mixtapes from the 80s and 90s. A must have application for music lovers. You can create mixes, share them on social networks, search and filter songs by artists etc and all this for free makes this app highly recommended. Flixster 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: <1 MB If you love rottentomatoes.com, this application is a must for you. You can watch movie trailers, check how movies are doing at box office, find out DVD releases, search for movies, check movie reviews, get show times and local movie theatre information. As an icing on the cake, thanks to yelp integration, you can find nearby restaurants.
IMDb 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: 1 MB Another great application for movie lovers. IMDB has worlds largest online movie database and using IMDb, you can search the database for movies, celebrities etc, watch movie trailers, reviews, quotes and trivia from movies, look up showtimes at nearby theatres, get TV listings based on your timezone, get recaps of TV shows, check entertainment news, check movie/actor/actress charts and box office numbers. Netflix 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: 1 MB Netflix is worlds largest movie subscription service and if you have active Netflix subscription, you can watch thousands of movies and TV shows on your phone using this application. And hey, did we mention that 33% of internet traffic in USA is by Netflix? Netflix service may not be available in your locality so please check before installing this application. Crackle 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: 3 MB Create your own account, start watching Movies and TV Shows for free. You will not get latest and super hit movies but the catalogue is pretty good for one time watch. You need not pay anything to watch these movies or TV shows. The good thing is that Crackle is available on TV STBs, web, mobile OSes, gaming consoles etc. Vimeo 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: 2 MB Vimeo is similar to Youtube in many ways. You can upload/watch/share/edit videos. Vimeo is one of the fastest growing video sharing websites. With this application you can watch and manage your vidoes, edit video’s meta data, commend and like videos, add videos to watch later queue, share videos to your social networks, get stats, upload videos to your Vimeo account. BookMyShow 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: 1 MB Bookmyshow.com is currently the most popular event and movie ticket booking website in India. This application is the official app from BMS franchise. The whole process of booking tickets to movies, arts and concert events is extremely simple and supports mutiple payment systems. Weaot 
Price : Free Section: Entertainment Size: 1 MB If you are a TV show addict and following huge list of TV shows and getting confused as to when the next episode is, this application will help a lot. Set your TV shows in listings and the live tile notifies you on upcoming TV episodes. You also get summary of the series, episodes and high quality fan art images. NextGenReader 
Price : $1.99 Section: News Size: 5 MB This is the best RSS application that syncs with Google Reader. With NextGenReader, you get superb Metro based design, full offline mode with image caching, live tiles to start screen that give you updates on news, support for https and encryption, easy browing between news, star items, search articles for content, read full length articles, share to social networks, save articles to Instapaper, Read It Later & Readabilit, watch youtube videos. The best feature though is the amount of customization that you can do with this application which is where we were stumped.
Feedworm 
Price : Free Section: news + weather Size: <1 MB If you are not intersted to pay for a news reader application, FeedWorm is a great application that syncs with Google Reader.FeedWorm supports offline reading, folders, live tiles, star/unstar a news article, social media sharing, send to email/SMS etc. It may not be as vast or as customizable as NextGenReader but it does its job perfectly well. Weave News Reader 
Price : Free, $9.99 for Pro Section: Entertainment Size: 3 MB Weave is for those who doesn’t depend on Google Reader for news. Weave comes with 33 pre-loaded categories including world, financial, deals, fashion, videogames, technology, and sports news just to name a few and has over 180 pre-loaded news sources that include CNN, Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Engadget, USA Today, NY Times, IGN, Entertainment Weekly etc. You can do a feed search, share the feed/article to social networks and via email, send article to Instapaper etc. Amazon Kindle 
Price : Free Section: books + reference Size: 2 MB The title says it all. If you have Amazon Kindle account and have bought books via your Kindle account, you can read those book on your Windows Phone using this application. You can also buy and download books from Kindle store. Overdrive Media Console 
Price : Free Section: Books + reference Size: 4 MB This is a unique ebook reader application. Instead of buying eBooks from online book stores, you download eBooks on the go from your public, school or college library. OverDrive features books from more than 18,000 libraries across the world. Use ‘Get Books’ feature to browse and checkout a book using a valid library card and if the book is available, it gets downloaded to your phone. Once the lending period is over, the token is expired and the book is assigned to next in line user. Don’t want to wait? Many libraries offer thousands of EPUB eBook downloads that are always available. Just check for the ‘Additional eBooks’ link at the bottom of the digital collection homepage and you can get a free eBook from your library that’s yours to keep—without a lending period. Bookviser 
Price : Free Section: Books + reference Size: 1 MB Bookviser hosts hundreds of free ebooks that you can download and read. Thanks to support for ePub format, you can save your ePubs to Skydrive or Bookviser cloud and read them on this application. Wikipedia 
Price : Free Section: Books+reference Size: 2 MB This is not official Wikipedia application but packs in lot of functionality that we highly recommend this application to read Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia application also support live tiles and advanced search capabilities makes it very easy to search for content. eHow 
Price : Free Section: Books + reference Size: 2 MB eHow is a website containing millions of articles containing expert tips, advice on topics etc. With this applicaiton, you can search the eHow library of articles, save your favourite ‘how to’articles, share your articles to social networks, browser and read articles. ESPN ScoreCenter 
Price : Free Section: Sports Size: 1 MB ESPN ScoreCenter brings you scores, news, and standings from hundreds of sports leagues around the world. This application supports wide range of sports and leagues making it highly recommended for sports lovers across the globe. NFL Live 
Price : Free Section: Sports Size: 2 MB NFL Live application provides latest news and results in the NFL. RedZone features up to date scores sorted by games closest to finish. Keep up to date on game day with the RedZone feature! Other features include sharing articles/news via social networks and email, Live scoreboard and game details, stats, standings, twitter feeds for NFL, Fox and ESPN, live tiles, team information, schedule, roster information, set favourite teams and follow them, ESPN videos, gameday photos etc. Goal.com 
Price : Free Section: Sports Size: 3 MB This is meant for soccer fans. Biggest feature is that this application supports multiple languages. You can get news, interviews of players and crew, gossips, live scores, stats, tables/fixtures/results, transfer activity, sharing via social networks and email, live tiles. F1 World 
Price : Free Section: Sports Size: 3 MB This application is purely for Formula 1 fans. You can get news updates, Grand Prix results, championship standings, race circuit detail, graphical map presentation, RSS News feeds related to F1 industry. ESPNcricinfo 
Price : Free Section: Sports Size: 2 MB This is the official cricket news application from Cricinfo.com. You can follow games, tournaments with live scores and commentary, follow many domenstic tournaments/games. High customization and push notifications make this application a must for cricket lovers. Other features include live tiles, video and audio podcasts,magazine, news, Results, Fixtures, Records and Rankings ================================================================================= We will end the second section here. In the next and final section, we will bring you a list of applications for productivity, photography, lifestyle, kids, health, finance, business, education, politics.
