Windows Phone 8 Unveiled: Hot New Features

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I think WP8 is promising!

What about you?
 
AndroidFan

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Yeah... Was reading the liveblog right now... Sounds very good... but as suspected no upgrade path to old WP7 devices... They will be getting an update to WP 7.8 with a few features...

I believe WP7 will continue to be sold on cheap entry-level devices... WP8 has highend support... like dual-core processors, high-end graphics, high-res screens... So, they will all be expensive, highend phones...

Its launching in October... just in time to compete with the new iPhone and the new Nexus device... it will be a lot of fun... ;)
 
ssk_the_gr8

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so as i had predicted, we get WP 7.8 . i thought it would be 7.7 :D
anyway i'm happy that WP7 users have not been left out in the cold which would have been foolish

the new start screen is awesome
 
AndroidFan

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The new startscreen could become a mess quickly...

*assets.sbnation.com/assets/1195944/winphone_3.png
 
ssk_the_gr8

ssk_the_gr8

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yup, it depends on the user, how they use it, they could turn it into a mess, but it does give you the ability to customize which some people whine about

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coderunknown

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AndroidFan said:
WP8 has highend support... like dual-core processors, high-end graphics, high-res screens... So, they will all be expensive, highend phones...
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I was expecting more feature :|

AndroidFan said:
Its launching in October... just in time to compete with the new iPhone and the new Nexus device... it will be a lot of fun... ;)
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Nexus will be launched by July most probably. But depends who manufactures Nexus mobile this time.

ssk_the_gr8 said:
anyway i'm happy that WP7 users have not been left out in the cold which would have been foolishso as i had predicted, we get WP 7.8 . i thought it would be 7.7 :D
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I remember M$ saying something about app compatibility and user experience when asked about if WP7.5 will get updated to WP8. I think it was when Lumia 900 got launched. I said then no update even for 900.

AndroidFan said:
The new startscreen could become a mess quickly...
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is there a minimum size one can resize the apps to? I think this should be limited depending on screen resolution as well as screen size else one may end up with 20-30 icons on a 3.7" screen and totally unusable.

So Tango will be WP7.8? End of road for Lumia 710/800 Omnia W & HTC Radar. I am sure HTC is pissed and Samsung is smiling.
 
ssk_the_gr8

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Tango is 7.5 refresh
7.8 comes later, so its not end of the road
And 7.8 is at least better than not getting the update at all
You get the main update the new start screen
Its similar to apple updating iPhone 4 to ios 5 and not Giving it siri or some other feature because the old hardware won't support it
Btw,is siri available on iPhone 4 legally?

There will most probably be 3-4 fixed sizes for live tiles, I'm pretty sure
 
skeletor

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ssk_the_gr8 said:
Its similar to apple updating iPhone 4 to ios 5 and not Giving it siri or some other feature because the old hardware won't support it
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dunno if "Siri" in iOS 5/iPhone 4 was not there because of "hardware." It's a stupid app which Apple wanted to be exclusive for iPhone 4S - so that their poodle cult get a lol reason to buy the new phone.
 
N

noob

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Impressed with WP8 development. Perfect time to sell iPad & iPhone. Also sad to see that not even a single WP will get WP8 update. WP fragmentation story starts here. :) This month is awesome. Apple, MS & Google announcing huge plans moving forward. This is called competition driven innovation. Big win for end users.

But now what's the guarantee that WP8 device with get WP OS9 update? This is where Apple excels.

Don't underestimate today's WP8 announcements. It's a total game changer IMO. iPad sales are gonna hurt badly now starting next year. Moving forward its only MS vs Google for me. Each have its core strengths in respective areas. Excepting some major announcements from Google in future about bit more hardware & software control.

And yeah, Start screen still sucks and no notification hub yet.
 
tarey_g

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ssk_the_gr8 said:
true, but I read that siri required advanced hardware which 4 didn't have
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No, Siri app is used to send your voice data to Apple servers, where its processed and and sent back to you, all the hard work is done by the Apple servers, your iPhone does not have to do much sh1t. So the hhardware thing is stupid, it similar to what many Android apps do , and thesse apps easily run on chepo low end Androids.
 
Vyom

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So, MicroSD card support! Finally.

Now, just a gazillion other shortcomings to sort out! :D

But I hope we can use the card to store files directly from our PC's without Zune. That would alone be called coming of a Windows Phone, a long way. :?
 
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