Enjoy a new mobile experience
Windows Phone 8 has a flexible layout and
support for the latest mobile technology. All Windows Phone 7 apps run on
Windows Phone 8 handsets, and the new features mean enhanced games, even
crisper audio and improved video playback. Windows Phone 8 uses Internet
Explorer 10 to allow even faster web browsing, complete with phishing filter
and SmartScreen - a service that makes it harder for malicious sites to trick
you into giving away personal information.
Windows
Phone 8
Better hardware
The new Windows Phone introduces support
for dual-core mobile phone processors, as well as an HD-quality screen. You can
also hot-swap microSD cards to install apps and media, or save larger files
onto. There's support for multitasking so, for example, you can leave turn-by-turn
navigation running while you adjust your music. Microsoft's Wallet Hub is
another addition. It's a mobile payment app that enables you to use digital
coupons, loyalty cards and pay for goods all from a central location.
The new Start screen
Windows Phone 8 uses Live Tiles to give you
up-to-date information at a glance. You can also resize the tiles and decide
how to arrange them on your Start screen. There's a new small tile size and you
can fit four of those in the old Windows Phone 7 tile size. The Start screen
gives you even more live information because you can fit in so many more Live
Tiles. You can prioritise the most important ones by giving them more space and
give others just enough room to show their icon.
Windows
Phone 8 uses Live Tiles to give you up-to-date information at a glance.
Your phone as you want
The layout is completely flexible - press
and hold a tile to unpin it and drag it to a new position. Press the arrow that
appears on the bottom of the tile to cycle through the small, medium and large
sizes. You can still have two of the medium tiles side-by-side in Windows 7,
but you can have much smallertiles if you want to, resulting in a far more
flexible layout. We reckon you'll want a mix of small and medium tiles, with a
couple of the 'double-wide' large tiles for apps that show a lot of
information.
