Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

I believe I'm in the right place, lots of crickets in here. Well here are my thoughts on the Windows 8 I've had for 3 days. Hope to see this mobile area get some life again but I would be surprised if these even gets a read or two.

I made the jump from from an Android 2.3 to a Windows 8 phone (HTC 8x) and I'm prefer it over Android. I didn't care for Jellybean OS either.

The HTC 8x is small (skinny) and fits well in my front pocket where I keep my phone 75% of the time. The curve on the back of the phone feels nice as well. The screen is absolutely gorgeous. The interface is simple to use and I like the tiles. Its much easier to make phone calls to people I contact frequently, I made them individual tiles and groups. Once I got past setting up contacts and the sync issues across accounts I had no issue whatsoever. The OS is very smooth and flows nicely. The voice command actually works on the first try, my android took a few tries every time.

I also really like the camera, with a one button push straight out of my pocket, it also has shutter(BLINK you have to download it) where it takes multiple pictures and saves the best one. I love this mode since all my pictures I have my eyes closed in them.

The only app I'm really missing is Mint, but I'm sure it will come eventually.

I just got an HTC 8X in the past week too, lol. I also love the interface and the phone itself. I have not tried many of the non-games apps but I have not found much that I miss from my old Droid phones. The phone feels great and seems to be built to be held comfortably for extended periods of time.