Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update to give you more Live tiles

12 April, 2013
The additional column of tiles will make better use of the 1080p screens on future WP8 smartphones.

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  • AnonD-135169
  • kbh
  • 12 Apr 2013

extra rows and columns seem to be the in thing

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    • Am9
    • 12 Apr 2013

    AnonD-41271, 12 Apr 2013Arrghhh, the confusion is increasing day by day, hearing va... moreWelcome! Either way, some WP/WinRT users will be burned one way or another(two OSes-two stores, two purchases for the same app; one "new" OS - at least one "old" OS apps (WP8 and/or WinRT) won't be compatible with it).
    The ONLY WAY for MS to keep its customers in any of these cases is to offer the customers their apps from the "old" OS in the "new" OS for free. That would be very expensive, but it's the only way MS can survive in this market. They caused their own problem when they made the WinRT for tablets and not used WP8 instead.

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      • AnonD-98599
      • 3E4
      • 12 Apr 2013

      Foly, 12 Apr 2013WP is not good at all only good for 2 months and then it wi... morei have a lumia 800 for more then a year no lags the person that says the opposite is not telling the truth, or never had a good windows phone. Guys no lag, but the OS lacks a notification center and more customization options, also inline message delivery notification. To respond to the news a fourth row would help to put more apps on the home screen so its a good extra if its true. I had 7.5, now i have 7.8 and the difference is huge belive me, the tile size really does matter...!

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        • darksantacruz
        • DQg
        • 12 Apr 2013

        Foly, 12 Apr 2013WP is not good at all only good for 2 months and then it wi... moreThat's not true! I have it for 3 months ( Nokia Lumia 820 ) and guess what NO LAGS!

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          • RM
          • j%6
          • 12 Apr 2013

          Foly, 12 Apr 2013WP is not good at all only good for 2 months and then it wi... moreI have had my Lumia 920 for 6 months, still as fluid as the day I bought it.

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            • RM
            • j%6
            • 12 Apr 2013

            AnonD-59657, 12 Apr 2013The monotone Metro User Interface is very boring. Windows8... moreThey do . . . I have apps on my Lumia 920 that have pictures. For example a picture of a calculator (not a metro style graphic) for a calculator app.

            You apparently do not have a Windows Phone . . .

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              • boosook
              • 0Pa
              • 12 Apr 2013

              An additional column of tiles is way better than the additional row of icons of the iPhone5... that's real innovation! :-)

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                • AnonD-41271
                • H4w
                • 12 Apr 2013

                AnonD-59657, 12 Apr 2013The monotone Metro User Interface is very boring. Windows8... moreThe developers can choose to put their original icons instead of WP ones. Yes it might be boring for some but the monotones help in keep the things simple and clean, plus it saves and extra load on CPU to render all those various coloured graphics. Effectiveness in simplicity is the heart of the Metro UI

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                  • AnonD-41271
                  • H4w
                  • 12 Apr 2013

                  Foly, 12 Apr 2013WP is not good at all only good for 2 months and then it wi... moreLOL, using 920 for 4 months not even a slight lag. Are you sure you didn't bought once those cheap imitation phones. :D :D :D. Agree app selection is on the lower side, but most of the necessary apps are there in place. It even has a disqus app that is not even available for iOS and Android.

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                    • Eldamri
                    • ubf
                    • 12 Apr 2013

                    I honestly have not used windows phone 8 yet but i think the OS is still on it's early stage. Maybe in the next 2 years it can compete with IOS or android. I hope it will come to a stage that it will function like a PC.

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                      • AnonD-59657
                      • tZk
                      • 12 Apr 2013

                      The monotone Metro User Interface is very boring.
                      Windows8 should allow user how to place the original appd icons on the short cut page rather than the monotone dummy icon from Metro Interface.

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                        • Foly
                        • mJD
                        • 12 Apr 2013

                        WP is not good at all only good for 2 months and then it will start to lag and stutter, not to mention the limited selection in the market.
                        I ended selling it and i lost so much and i bought myself iPhone 4S.

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                          • AnonD-41271
                          • H4w
                          • 12 Apr 2013

                          lol, 12 Apr 2013Well all right. I have to admit, in you case you've got a p... moreNeither have I but all of my devices had a nice protection all around(no cover used). I have small hands, so its opposite for me, anything above 5 inches and I can't use it with one hand and i like to use my phone at least with one hand, but if they slip out it irritates me. So I guess my limit has been defined :D :D :D

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                            • AnonD-92238
                            • 7wC
                            • 12 Apr 2013

                            AnonD-7253, 12 Apr 2013oooochhh... So so ugly UI. i hate it!.......you hate it !! ....so windows phone OS should die now ...........hahaha :D

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                              • M}a
                              • 12 Apr 2013

                              AnonD-41271, 12 Apr 2013Yes I am rough user. Not everyday but every now and then I ... moreWell all right. I have to admit, in you case you've got a point. ;) But I can say this, in all the years that I've owned gadgets, I've never broken even a single display, and with the increasing size of phones it's getting even harder. Those little things from the old days always tried to slip out of my hands but not since the displays increased to 4 inches and beyond... not anymore.

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                                • AnonD-92238
                                • 7wC
                                • 12 Apr 2013

                                Anonymous, 12 Apr 2013Less selling brands may come to an end in near future, who ... more.....yeah I also think that plastic has a bright future ....at least our almighty nature also can't destroy it.....lol :D
                                .....'n what r u saying ??......less selling brands...! .......that's maybe nokia right ???..........before 6 or 5 year I didn't recognize properly bt I think there was no smartphone brand named "samsung" :o

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                                  • AnonD-41271
                                  • H4w
                                  • 12 Apr 2013

                                  AnonD-77318, 12 Apr 2013oh lol.. you can play game like crysis3 in low spec os like... moreTotally out of context. But please show me iOS, Android, BB10, Linux playing Crysis 3 on a low end GPU.

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                                    • AnonD-41271
                                    • H4w
                                    • 12 Apr 2013

                                    X, 12 Apr 2013"But they are already started this process of unificat... moreArrghhh, the confusion is increasing day by day, hearing various theories, on top no word from MS is fuelling it. Thank you for insights. Guess it will a wait and watch game.

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                                      • Pat
                                      • PGq
                                      • 12 Apr 2013

                                      MS took a leaf out of Crapple's book and added a column.

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                                        • AnonD-77318
                                        • U}}
                                        • 12 Apr 2013

                                        AnonD-41271, 12 Apr 2013Do you know the difference between WP7 and WP8? WP7 was bas... moreoh lol.. you can play game like crysis3 in low spec os like wp8. ahah.. even in same windows 8 os you can't play this game in low end gpu.