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Windows Phone 8 review
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/29/3570494/windows-phone-8-
review
- Got rid of the black bar in home screen
- Custom size of tiles 1x1 - 4x2
- Still not able to change standard keyboard
- ”Word Flow” to ”ease” writing
Design and performance
- ”Together” (contact groups finally)
- Groups as People Hub
- ”Rooms” (somewhat like G+ Circles)
- Skype wasn't available for now
- Mix of pleasant surprises and frustrations
Contacts and communication
A lot of small tweaks e.g. Excel supports charts
All the files are easy to find in SkyDrive
Easier than iCloud apparently
OneNote is really useful
Office, OneNote, and SkyDrive
Wallet and NFC
- Mobile payments with Wallet app and NFC
- Possibility to set up a PIN code for making payments
- Third party apps should be supported but none were available
- Practically Nokia Maps on all WP8 devices
- Fails in a few key areas (bad usability in getting directions and no way of getting info from the map's points of interest)
- Offline worldwide maps available
Maps and Bing
- SmartGlass!
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Xbox
- Zune is removed, instead only Xbox now
- Excellent selection of music, not so in movies
Xbox
- ”Better than expected”
- Finally able to find text in page
- Still only 6 tabs open at the same time
- Isn't based on webkit which is a problem in mobile web
Internet Explorer 10
- Easier to use 3rd party apps
- No Instagram though :(
- Some tweaks, some good some for worse
Camera
”BUY INTO WINDOWS PHONE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT”