Windows Phone 7.8 brings WP 8 homescreen to existing devices, not much else

This was inevitable, but the blow seemed harder for existing WP 7 users when Microsoft closed the door on any possible update to Windows Phone 8, today. None of the existing WP 7 devices will be eligible for a Windows Phone 8 update and that includes the Nokia Lumia 900. In order to avoid a riot outside their stores, Microsoft promptly announced Windows Phone 7.8, a sort of ‘value pack’, if you will, for existing devices. All handsets running WP 7.5 or Mango will be upgradable to WP 7.8 and one of the new features that the update brings with it is the new customizable homescreen from WP 8. Users of the Lumia 800 and other such devices will be able to resize the homescreen widgets as well as choose between different colour schemes for better personalization and this goes for all Nokia Lumia handsets. Microsoft haven’t commented on what other new features will be incorporated in the update, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

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