Europe’s largest rating portal, Qype, has finally released a version of its app for the Windows Phone 7 in cooperation with Microsoft, following the release of the apps for Blackberry, iPhone, and Nokia.
The fact that about 25 percent of all user ratings are composed on a mobile device lead the internet giant to cooperate with the rating portal, according to a press release. Microsoft’s goal: a perfect Qype app for its Windows Phone 7. The app is available for download directly under http://www.qype.com/go-mobile, and offers an exclusive feature for the smartphone: searches can be specialized using a filter and lets users see where their friend are on a map.

With all of the Qype apps for the various smartphone models, that have been downloaded by over a million users to-date, display information, ratings, and comments for places in about 166,000 cities worldwide and help users find restaurants, stores, bars, and other providers on-the-spot. Coupons can also be pulled up and used directly with a mobile device, and users can rate and write comments, upload photos, and check-in to places on-the-go. These check-ins can also be displayed on social networks like Twitter and Facebook.

By the way: Qype learns along with ratings that users have entered automatically which criteria a user may have before choosing a restaurant or bar. Users obtain personal search results, whether they are in their hometown or in another city, or even country.