Comments on: Quick First Look at the HTC 8X and Windows Phone 8

By: me

me — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:05:00 +0000

Cool review, thx

By: Spencer Rhodes

Spencer Rhodes — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:56:00 +0000

The most intriguing thing about this is the phone itself. That blue color and smooth texture look so sexy. Haven’t seen anything that good looking since I got my Nexus 7.

By: Joshhud

Joshhud — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:55:00 +0000

You have to BUY Angry Birds.. isnt that free?

By: Mark Mann

Mark Mann — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:50:00 +0000

when did i say closed source was bad? i just said that windows isnt open source, please don’t read more into my question than face value

By: gautam divekar

gautam divekar — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:53:00 +0000

open source… what does that even mean ???? even if you modify any part of OS you still need the app based certification and there are different policies in android as well. so just because an OS is closed source.. it doesn’t mean that it’s bad. WP 7,8 will not allow modding and skinning… but they do allow OEM exclusive appstore. or you can get certification from Microsoft and sideload apps on your device. but that policy is limited to enterprise, and you still need Microsoft’s permission.

By: gautam divekar

gautam divekar — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:44:00 +0000

widgets have their active memory space, and live tiles have passive “buffer” for all kinds of data. so in theory they are completely different.so you dont have to worry about memory leakage and independent syncing of data between apps and widgets like in android. widgets may have more interactive state and options.. but in an embedded device the battery life and active memory footprint of any device has the highest priority. so a live tile is the most well thought out solution for “fly-by” information.

By: rstat1

rstat1 — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:39:00 +0000

“That’s why I can’t get into Apple products as ugly as they are. The UI treats the user like he’s an idiot.”

FTFY

By: rstat1

rstat1 — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:37:00 +0000

What functionality are you losing? I’d say nothing important.

Also I see more than words in my “clunky monocrome boxes”

By: John Ruppel

John Ruppel — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:17:00 +0000

24 hour great. Been 11 hours moderate-heavy use today (Constant texting and even some browsing/netflix) and still 54% and isn’t decreasing quickly.

By: Spoken Word™

Spoken Word™ — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:03:00 +0000

*Looks Around* I thought this was an Android site….

By: Ibrick

Ibrick — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:58:00 +0000

I’m sure everyone appreciates you pointing that out.
In other news, the sky is still blue.

By: Immolate

Immolate — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:16:00 +0000

This. The elephant in the room. I know the cool kids say its minimalist, but the fact is that its ugly… as if an engineer was put in charge of designing it. Back in the old days, we had interfaces that looked similarly awkward because we were either constrained by an ASCII character set or sixteen colors, but nobody was silly enough to call it elegant. Icons evolved because we figured out that pictures conveyed information much more quickly than words. And now we revert back to words in clunky monochrome boxes.

Windows 9 will hit the market fast like 7 did, because no corporation in their right mind will put 8 on their upgrade path. Loose functionality and productivity in one move? No thanks Microsoft.

By: KOBALT

KOBALT — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Why would I want 15% of my screen the icon for a camera app. And another 15% for the browser button? And so on…

By: mule0331

mule0331 — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:56:00 +0000

The more I look at this, the more it reminds me of the original Moto Blur. Sure it’s more refined, but still bears a great resemblance. It’s funny how it was so hated back in the day (for good reason), but now its viewed as ok. I guess Blur came out at the wrong time.

By: jaymonster

jaymonster — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:25:00 +0000

The big difference is with Android is was almost always about a specific game or a specific app that wasn’t available yet on Android but was on the iPhone. In the case of WP, there are BASICS that just don’t exist… not from a familiar company… OR anybody else.