Initial thoughts on Windows Phone 8.1?

[MilanMilan]

Well, this is only background pic, I don't mean only on that. We need redesign/refresh on a menu, tiles, etc.

 

[DennisvdG]

Well, this is only background pic, I don't mean only on that. We need redesign/refresh on a menu, tiles, etc.

no, just no, seriously go to android if you want to change the menus every day

 

[MilanMilan]

no, just no, seriously go to android if you want to change the menus every day

I don't want to change menu at all, I just want better view of menu items, not to scroll so much. I want nicer icons, thats it.

 

[Toni Erah]

The menu should be improved from list view to a very nice, well designed grid view.

 

[joe_easton]

This update feels like what WP8 should have been out of the gate. I am excited to see the update and see how it works in practice. There are only a few features that we are missing to be in par with the other OS's.

Now MS needs to find the features that separate WP from the pack. Cortana, imaging, etc need to be what gives WP the ability to win some market share.

 

[reda igbaria]

as long as they fix the duplicate picture and music issue on SD card it's a good update. though annoyed at how long its taken to patch something so simplistic.

are all of these features so simple!!!

 

[Pete Almanza]

More info on the Facebook re-implementation: https://twitter.com/AngelWZR/status/433294663928135680/photo/1

 

[xsonwong]

More info on the Facebook re-implementation: https://twitter.com/AngelWZR/status/433294663928135680/photo/1

Remove from OS like a rollback...
that's a unique feature of WP...

 

[wapoz]

Any word on a built in timer/stopwatch? This has been my #1 gripe with WP since November 2010

 

[Pete Almanza]

MJF elaborates more on the Facebook/People Hub issue at the bottom of her post- Windows Phone 8.1: The latest on what's on the leaked feature list | ZDNet

 

[Zeem Frostmaw]

It's a lot of features, and interesting ones too! I look forward to seeing it all unveiled officially. =)

 

[kasmancepu]

Awasome...cant wait...especially for easy access wifi etc....from top

 

[DennisvdG]

I don't want to change menu at all, I just want better view of menu items, not to scroll so much. I want nicer icons, thats it.

oh okay i can agree with that, atfirst you sounded lik you want something totally new

 

[eric12341]

I think it's great, and that it's finally granting those features that some in our community have been longing for, that said can't wait for the dev preview which may be released sooner since all these leaks are dropping.

 

[SomethingSomethingDarkSide]

This update feels like what WP8 should have been out of the gate. I am excited to see the update and see how it works in practice. There are only a few features that we are missing to be in par with the other OS's.

Now MS needs to find the features that separate WP from the pack. Cortana, imaging, etc need to be what gives WP the ability to win some market share.

This x1000.

 

[James8561]

Any word on a built in timer/stopwatch? This has been my #1 gripe with WP since November 2010

Just download Avirall Time Suite. it's better than any built in

 

[dawindbag]

Super fired up for Notification Center, Action Center (whatever it is), Cortana (keep the name!) just for the wow factor, standalone Podcast app (Yissss), separate volume controls and the file browser.

Very curious about the enhanced keyboard (Swype-like?), audio/video transcoding (MKV,Flac?), YouTube (open links in app?), Xbox Music (functioning playlists? better metadata mgmt? better syncing? music locker? gapless playback?) and Geofencing. Some of these things could be real difference makers.

Disappointed not to see CalDAV/CardDAV/LDAP/WebDAV support mentioned. Sounds like VPN might be too limited to be useful in a corporate setting. Feels like they are moving away form the Hub concept which is a bit of a bummer. No color wheel for theme colors. No background styles like in W8. No photo backgrounds. No word on making live tiles more reliable.

Sounds like there's some talk of making apps cross-platform from W8 to WP8 with the HTML/Javascript/Universal App functionality, but it will be interesting to see what that does to app quality and consistency.

 

[DennisvdG]

All of these features are great, 8.1 needs 1 more thing though! Other storage needs to be fixed! And before you go replying "oh well its already fixed..." NO IT'S NOT, I'm at 7 gb right now and that is not acceptable! and I have already had to hard reset it because it got over 15 gb (THAT'S POST UPDATE 3)

 

[SomethingSomethingDarkSide]

Just download Avirall Time Suite. it's better than any built in

I disagree, it's much too busy, and has no ability to ring/notify when it's done, in contrast to the built in timer in Android

 

[dawindbag]

All of these features are great, 8.1 needs 1 more thing though! Other storage needs to be fixed! And before you go replying "oh well its already fixed..." NO IT'S NOT, I'm at 7 gb right now and that is not acceptable! and I have already had to hard reset it because it got over 15 gb (THAT'S POST UPDATE 3)

You've probably got a badly written app installed, having issues with SkyDrive and/or are doing a ton of drag and drop from a PC. This is probably always going to be an issue, but MS needs to give better insight into what's being stored there so you can troubleshoot.