Windows Phone 8 provides updates to the Windows Phone operating system including support for new languages and resolutions, sharing capabilities using NFC, and community features. It also shares many core operating system components with Windows 8 while retaining the Windows Phone user interface designs of live tiles, hubs and pivots.
4. Consumer Store Coverage: Over 180 countries
8.0
29 Countries
Windows Phone 7.0
180+ Countries
Windows Phone 8
63 Countries
Windows Phone 7.5
5. Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Share Many Components At The
Operating System Level
Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8
Windows KernelWindows KernelWindows NT Kernel
OS Modules
13. Tile Templates and Tile Sizes
•Windows Phone 8 supports three Tile templates
• Flip – flips from front to back (similar to the WP 7.1
Tile template)
• Iconic – clean iconic layout designed to reflect
Windows Phone design principles
• Cycle – cycles through up to nine images
14. You can register your app as a lock screen provider, which
enables:
User can select your app to show detailed status on the lock
screen
Can select your app as one of the five apps to show quick
status (icon and count)
Can select your app as the lock screen background image
provider
Lock Screen on Windows Phone 8
16. Languages: 50 languages
26 New
Windows Phone 7.5
24 Languages
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (US)
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Indonesian
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (US)
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Malay
Polish
Portuguese (Portugal)
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)
Swedish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Malay
Polish
Portuguese (Portugal)
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)
Swedish
Windows Phone 8
50 Languages
Albanian
Arabic
Azerbaijani (Latin)
Belarusian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Croatian
English (UK)
Estonian
Filipino
Hebrew
Hindi
Kazakh
Albanian
Arabic
Azerbaijani (Latin)
Belarusian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Croatian
English (UK)
Estonian
Filipino
Hebrew
Hindi
Kazakh
Macedonian
Norwegian (Bokmål)
Persian
Romanian
Serbian (Latin)
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish (Mexico)
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Uzbek (Latin)
Vietnamese
Macedonian
Norwegian (Bokmål)
Persian
Romanian
Serbian (Latin)
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish (Mexico)
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Uzbek (Latin)
Vietnamese
8.0
There are several things you can do with Tiles:
Support multiple sizes, customizable by your customer.
Choose from one of three visual templates to help your app stand out.
Offer a variety of secondary Tiles.
Control which page your customers land on when clicking on your secondary Tiles.
The Tile API wraps the OS Tile experience so 3rd party app developers have access to exactly the same tile functionality as the built-in apps.