*WHAT DO YOU MEAN OF PHONE CALLS? IS IT PEOPLE HUB?
1) Integration of groups/hubs on phone calls - GONE! So you now can't group family, friends, work..etc phone/addresses together!!!!!
you still can do it...
2) Social updates on phone calls - GONE! You now have open each individual app as now!!!
you can... uninstall those apps, go to "email + account", press the social app you want, then it will say install, press it, then once it finished the installs, go to "email + account" again, press the social app you want, then it will say open app, press it, then login, it will show "connect with your phone?" then press yes
OR
go to the app, press settings > connect with my phone > on, and press sync now (facebook works)
PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH TYPE OF SOCIAL APP YOU WANT TO LINK
3) Photos wallpaper background - GONE! This made W8 so elegant, now its just bland and boring!!!
what you mean? Windows 8? photos hub dont have access to wallpaper folder...
4) Calendar though improved from previous , still has defaut ALL DAY, and annoyingly REMINDER is always on - this is annoying while slow tedious compared to CAL, Chronos Calendar, Simple Calendar; due to having manually change it every time - esp when you only have a 2hr appointment to put in don't want an alarm reminder. The tile is still useless and bland never showing anything more then 24hrs ahead.
you can change it by tap the calendars button (behind the plus) and change it to the view type you want
if you mean why there is still have day options, because people want to track when and where they go
reminder, what is it? my phone language was not english sorry, please screenshot if you can, if it is the first menu option (pull up the bottom settings), you can set it
you can set it, click more info, notify set to starting time or 1 hour
5) Why the hell have they taken away HUBS!!!!
WHAT HUBSSSS!!!