wp8 – Page 2 – Ewan Spence

I don’t want my phone updated to Windows Phone 8

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ewan Spence

…because Windows Phone 7 on my Lumia 800 is more than good enough and in some cases still out-performs Windows Phone 8. If Microsoft had sat down with a tiger team and shoehorned Windows Phone 8 into handsets like the Lumia 800, I fear it would have resulted in the same mish-mash of new features and diminished user experience as the iPhone 3G running iOS 4. There would be no doubt that the hordes of online writers demanding a 7.x to 8.x patch would say that this is the least that Microsoft could do with those who ‘supported the platform’,

It’s like a Galaxy, but it runs Windows Phone

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Ewan Spence

On first impressions, the Samsung ATIV S is not going to be the Windows Phone 8 handset that everybody will be fighting for, but it will be one that will not disappoint you, if your office IT manager hands you one as your work phone. It may be the least-talked-about Windows Phone 8 device at the moment, but it has an important place in the ecosystem. My preview of Samsung’s ATIV S is on All About Windows Phone.

Unity Game Engine will be available for Windows Phone 8 development

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Ewan Spence

“We are excited that the Unity community will now be given the opportunity to develop world class titles for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8,” says Microsoft. This should give us parity between iOS Android, and WP8 game releases, but don’t expect to see it really take off until into early 2013 as WP8 gets a foothold.