HTC WINDOWS PHONE 8S: Now for something fresh

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Sharad Raghavan: Feb 14 2013, 03:19 IST

the body, what about its brains? It’s pretty quick. The Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and the dual-core 1 GHz processor deal with Windows 8 with ease. And then we come to Windows 8 itself. I must admit I was initially sceptical of any OS offerings by Microsoft given its poor showing in the past. But Windows 8 is an extraordinary attempt by Microsoft to reinvent itself in the OS space, and it succeeds. The layout, comprising multiple tabs on your home screen that are customisable in terms of size, colour and position, looks attractive and business-like at the same time.

And if you thought that a Windows OS would be limited in the ‘fun’ aspects Android and iOS excel in, think again. The OS comes with everything you could want to pass the time or entertain yourself—music player, video player, photo editing software, games, social networking, news apps, etc. In addition, the processor is quick enough to handle a 3G internet connection with ease, making loading pages and YouTube videos a breeze.

One objection, one that many users have against Windows on the computer as well, is that the default browser is Internet Explorer. Now, there’s no doubt that Microsoft has made considerable efforts to render IE more user-friendly, but many users still prefer Google’s Chrome, for example. You can’t download Chrome on Microsoft’s app store, which leads us to my next problem with Windows 8—the shortage of apps on its apps store. Rather, the shortage of quality apps. There are few news

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