Joe Belfiore from Microsoft has taken to the stage at this morning’s Nokia event in New York, showing off just what Windows Phone 8 is capable of on the new Nokia Lumia 920. Not all will be revealed though, so you can more or less say that this is a sneak peak – a preview before opening night. First off are some personalization options. Needless to say, it is always good to start from the beginning, and what better way to kick off than with the customization of start screen live tiles? Joe worked on rearranging the tiles and resizing them, and everything worked seamlessly like a charm.
Apart from that, you can expect apps to be a pretty huge draw for any mobile operating system worth its salt these days, and since Windows Phone 8 shares a common core technology base with the future desktop operating system, Windows 8, the entire app platform ends up as an easier target for developers. Needless to say, Windows Phone 8 will also play nice with Windows Phone 7 apps without a hitch, although this is just one way traffic.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nokia special event wrap-up, Nokia Lumia 920 hands-on,
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