1. Windows Phone 8 review http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/29/3570494/win dows-phone-8-review

2. HTC Windows Phone 8X

3. - Got rid of the black bar in home screen - Custom size of tiles 1x1 - 4x2 - Still not able to change standard keyboard - ”Word Flow” to ”ease” writing Design and performance

4. - ”Together” (contact groups finally) - Groups as People Hub - ”Rooms” (somewhat like G+ Circles) - Skype wasn't available for now - Mix of pleasant surprises and frustrations Contacts and communication

5.  A lot of small tweaks e.g. Excel supports charts  All the files are easy to find in SkyDrive  Easier than iCloud apparently  OneNote is really useful Office, OneNote, and SkyDrive

6. Wallet and NFC - Mobile payments with Wallet app and NFC - Possibility to set up a PIN code for making payments - Third party apps should be supported but none were available

7. - Practically Nokia Maps on all WP8 devices - Fails in a few key areas (bad usability in getting directions and no way of getting info from the map's points of interest) - Offline worldwide maps available Maps and Bing

8. - SmartGlass! - Xbox

9. - Zune is removed, instead only Xbox now - Excellent selection of music, not so in movies Xbox

10. - ”Better than expected” - Finally able to find text in page - Still only 6 tabs open at the same time - Isn't based on webkit which is a problem in mobile web Internet Explorer 10

11. - Easier to use 3 rd party apps - No Instagram though :( - Some tweaks, some good some for worse Camera

12. ”BUY INTO WINDOWS PHONE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT”