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This kind of start screen layout (4 medium tiles per row, less space between tiles) can be seen in a number of demos and slides from build. Seems like they want to make better use of the screen real estate on phones. I guess that this specific layout will be available on larger phones only, but...

Keep in mind, this is not about magnified mobile apps mimicking a desktop UI. The apps are actually the desktop versions. When you install a universal app on a phone, the code that you download includes the same code that you install on a desktop PC. Based on the width of the screen and/or the...

That's a nice vision, but I don't think it will ever come true. In order for that sort of service to be profitable, there would need to be a significant amount of Windows Phone users out there as potential customers. I think these kinds of shared work-stations are more useful for employees...

Side note: Take a look at the people app tile on the start screen in the image that I embedded above. The image was used in the presentation, and it must be from a very recent build (or recent mockup) because it already has the Edge icon. The app has circular images on it, which is only natural...

At a dedicated Build session (Optimizing Windows Apps for Continuum | Build 2015 | Channel 9), Microsoft talked in great detail about how Continuum on phones will work, what hardware setups will be supported, what app scenarios will be possible, and how it will benefit a variety of users...

the start screen is there in the TP, and MS is clearly going to keep the Start screen for touch. Devices will be able to switch between start screen and start menu as part of the continuum feature.

If I remember correctly, Mary Jo Foley and other said the DP for the phones is planned for early 2015, whatever that means. Seems legit, if you consider that they will most probably announce the mobile version of Windows 10 at the event on January 21st, and that they should release all versions...

As far as we know at this point, phones and ARM-tablets (and maybe some Intel-tablets) will run the same SKU, so the UI should be basically the same on Windows RT devices as on WP devices - IF rt devices get the update, that is. During the Windows 10 event a new months ago they showed a...

The UI in that imagine looks very similar to the images they used on one of the presentation slides at the Windows 10 event, which showed a new Start screen (background image, one-colored tiles, group headers) on phones and tablets. It was not exactly the same Start screen as this one - the...

I guess you've all seen the most obvious new features and design changes in build 9901 of the technical preview, so here's my collection of little things that I've noticed myself or that other people have pointed out. Using WP apps with mouse As you may know, there's a Windows Phone app...

what we know so far about Windows 10 clearly indicates that Windows 10 on phones/tablets will look different than WP8.1 The recently leaked build of Windows 10 technical preview already clearly shows that Metro design is changing significantly.

Re: Build 9901: Metro design is changing [UPDATED] True. They could still create a distinctive consistent look by making the new icon design language ubiquitous across Windows. Regarding the removal of the circular action buttons - I understand why they get rid of those. They are designed as...

Re: Build 9901: Metro design is changing [UPDATED] In Winbeta's video of this build you can see a "Groups" section in the "getting started" app, with an icon that looks like a bunch of app icons coming out of the start screen. What I think this means is that Windows 10 will have some sort of...

Re: Build 9901: Metro design is changing [UPDATED] What I hope they do is make them one colored, but also add the optional tile transparency (like in WP8.1).

Re: Build 9901: Metro design is changing [UPDATED] I think they will go away. If you look at that presentation slide from the Windows 10 event (the one that showed that the new OS will work on all form factors including phones), you can see that the tiles are all the same color. The...