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We just caught up with Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Windows Phone, who was showing off a Lumia 900 running a non-final Windows Phone 7.8 build. The WP7.8 build brings the new WP8 home start screen to existing WP7.5 devices, and possibly some other unannounced features depending on the device. Microsoft is being relatively tight-lipped with any of the other details about features that might be coming with WP7.8.
Anyhow, the new WP7.8/WP8 home screen replaces the previous single wide and double wide tiles with a more dynamic resize option. There are now three sizes, the single wide, double wide, and a much smaller square shortcut. Long pressing brings up the familiar hover and rearrange menu, and tapping on the resize button cycles through available tile sizes. It's shocking how much more dynamic having the smaller tile size makes the start screen appear.
Iketh Reply WP7.5 means all devices by DarkUltra on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Doesn't it? I don't know if id use so small tiles, faster to scroll a bit and hit a big tile? I'll be trying it out, nonetheless.I aslo hope they fix/add Text wrap in IE, PNG support in pictures, larger UI text size option, Find on page in IE9, Mail sync drafts over IMAP, Combined alarm, timer and stopwatch with support of mp3 or custom ringtone as alarm, Unread state for moved/deleted emails, Re: and Fwd: email subject abbreviations for international users (messes up the subject line and threading with re: sv: re: sv: ), Deleting email from Gmail account archives instead of deletes, Read status, move and delete operations are not pushed immediately (have to do it all over again when I sit down infront of my desktop pc).
Thats all :-D
DarkUltra Reply RE: WP7.5 means all devices by B3an on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 What i would do is fill the top area of the Start Screen with small tiles so i have lots of stuff to access quickly. Then make all the tiles below it larger so they're easy to hit when scrolling down fast.I think it this will make WP8 even quicker at getting things done. I already think WP7 is faster than Android or iOS in this regard.
B3an Reply The start screen is the least of my concerns! by ctodd on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 I just don't understand how they can go around demoing petty crap like the start screen when there are dozens of missing features! How about adding support for multiple volume controls, maybe a software volume control, better notification, etc. There are tons of stuff missing that are more meaningful than the ability to resize tiles. 
ctodd Reply RE: The start screen is the least of my concerns! by damianrobertjones on Thursday, June 21, 2012 In a way it already has multiple volume controls. One for the main audio, one for when on a call etc.Other than that... ?
damianrobertjones Reply RE: The start screen is the least of my concerns! by ctodd on Thursday, June 21, 2012 So if you want to be smart about it, technically yes there are two volume controls; one for phone calls and one for everything else. If I adjust the volume for the ringer, it also adjusts the volume for music/videos as well as bluetooth and headphone jack. So yes, I am expecting more than two volume controls. ctodd Reply Can I please have a FACKING lock orientation button!!!! FFS by Zstream on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 GAH I'm gonna have a heart attack! 
Zstream Reply RE: Can I please have a FACKING lock orientation button!!!! FFS by N4g4rok on Friday, June 22, 2012 I think there may be something in the marketplace now that will do that. 
N4g4rok Reply User color tiles? by Belard on Thursday, June 21, 2012 Launcher 7 for Android does the following:- tile rotation to match the orientation of the phone. (Looks cool)
- User color over-ride on individual tiles, including transparency
So I can have a nice rich blue base, dial tile = green, group Internet related tiles another color.
Belard Reply RE: User color tiles? by B3an on Thursday, June 21, 2012 Launcher 7 is a low quality gimmick and nowhere near as good as the real thing. Being as it's Android it also don't run as smooth, typical laggy animations. And the tiles don't even update, which is the main feature of Live Tiles in the first place.I'm sick on Android. I just wish Samsung would make something like my Galaxy S3 but with WP8 on it and i'm sold. Only thing thats stopped me from getting Win Phone is the mid-range hardware. WP8 should change this though.
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