As of the end of April, 2014, I've found 2 brief reviews of the 8.1 release which mention the HID question. One was posted on the AAWP site while the other was from a UK poster which site I have forgotten. In both cases, the HID support in 8.1 remains crippled compared to what we enjoyed back in the days of Windows Mobile 6.x.
I am at a loss concerning this ongoing state of affairs which has now persisted for years in spite of being voted as a desired feature over 11,000 times on some internal MS forums. Personally, I feel that MS doesn't want a high-end phablet competing with its Surface tablets although I think there are desirable ways of integrating the two such as LG's new tablet (Android) that can interact with certain LG phones in a manner such as taking calls while working on the tablet.
I recently dropped my HTC Trophy and cracked the screen. It still works fine, but I'm not going to sink $100 into the deductible for a 2-year old phone. I've been hoping to hang on to my old phone until the HID support appears in some iteration of the Windows phone OS, but no one has the faintest idea when, if ever, this will happen.
05-05-2014 09:02 AM