Microsoft appears to confirm custom Accent colors, Hubs and native PhotoSynth for Windows Phone 8

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Custom Hubs & Emphasis colors for Windows Phone 8? Yes, please.

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Before in the day nosotros reported that Microsoft was going through the User Voice feedback system and signing off on characteristic requests from terminate users.

In brusque, if a feature is beingness positioned to be included in Windows Telephone 8.x, information technology gets stamped with a generic "Planned" characterization from the site Admin for Windows Phone. It is and then followed by a comment noting "Only a quick update to let the Windows Phone community know that this characteristic has been announced for Windows Phone viii".

Indeed, many of the features such equally Arabic language back up, NFC and 720P displays have been publicly confirmed back at the June 20th Summit, making this forum cleanup standard practice.

Just out of the 22 "Planned" suggestions, iii stuck out...

Windows Phone 8

"Support custom Hubs" – Planned
"Allowing for custom color creation for live tiles and the os rather than only giving a few choices" - I want to design my own colors for alive tiles and the Os rather than being limited to a option – Planned
"Include Photosynth to the Windows Phone" - Microsoft did a astonishing keen job with Photosynth that is available for iPhone. Include it to the WP Bone as nice feature – Planned

Native PhotoSynth seems like an obvious inclusion, especially with the recently appear Lenses feature. In that sense, nosotros'll file that under 'expected' but certainly welcomed to Windows Phone eight.

The other 2 though, if accurate, appear to be quite huge.

Folder Concept

Fan concept of Folders/Hubs for Windows Phone

The support of Custom Hubs would appear to be the solution to 'Folders' that many users have been asking for quite some fourth dimension. As consumers add more and more than apps to their phones, it makes sense to want to grouping them together. There's already a nifty Homebrew solution to this that we use for all of our Photo apps and favorite Games and nosotros profoundly approve.

In fact, back in April, Nokia was request customers if that wanted folders to help them organize their apps. Peradventure that information forth with our poll, helped to finally influence such an improver.

The other feature is the ability to create custom Accent colors for Tiles and the system UI. Nosotros've already reported that Windows Phone viii has 10 new colors bringing information technology upward to 20 (plus one for OEMs or carriers) and users seem to be quite pleased with the selection.

Windows Phone 8 Accent colors

New emphasis colors in Windows Phone viii may also meet a "custom" feature (Image via 1800PocketPC)

Only an easy solution would be the inclusion of a colour-selector where you tin can cull your ain choice for a "custom" expect.

That feature may finally brand it to Windows Telephone 8 as that requested has been stamped with "Planned". That's in addition to similar requests for just more color choices, but not custom ones. That specificity perhaps tells us something.

Planned

1 of the recently added "Planned" features from a user request

Of course we must caution—things tin can change and conceivably Microsoft is being generous with some interpretations of these requests. Not to mention, we don't know if these features are complete or planned for the first update to Windows Phone 8 subsequently on. For all we know, they may be fifty-fifty including these in Windows Phone seven.8, seeing that earlier request from today.

Either way, we don't remember nosotros've seen all in that location is to Windows Phone 8, which is why Microsoft may still be so undercover on finalized customer features.

Source: User Voice; Cheers, reza, for the tip