1. Windows 8 from 30000 ft! Samidip BasuManager| Columbus ADI PracticeSolutions Lead | MSFT MobilityEmail: Samidip.Basu@us.sogeti.comTwitter: @samidipInfo: http://samidipbasu.infoBlog: http://samidipbasu.com Sogeti USA8425 Pulsar Place, Suite 300 | Columbus, OH 43240. www.us.sogeti.com

2. Central Ohio Windows Phone User Group http://cowpug.org http://meetup.com/cowpug @cowpug 3rd Monday @ TechColumbus

4. No compromise

5. Variety of form factors

6. Touch, mouse & keyboard coexist

9. Metro vs Retro

10. Metro on top of Desktop

11. Touch first : Get used to shortcuts

12. Immersive with adaptive layout

13. Chromelessness

14. App Store for Metro apps

15. Local Certification Verifier

16. Sandboxed

17. Closer App-OS integration with WinRT API

18. App Contracts (Source/Target/Picker etc.) & Charms

19. Windows Phone style Live Tiles

20. MSFT Push Notification Service

22. Ahem..

24. Common runtime that connects to System Services with diverse views

25. APIs implemented in C++ .. lean performance

26. Part of OS

27. Supports your choice of UI & language

28. HTML5/JavaScript/CSS

29. XAML with C#, VB, C++

30. Remember Fast & Fluid – any ops > 50ms (read most) = Await/Async

31. Win32 & .NET CLR all live

32. Metro IE10 = plug-in free

33. Regular IE supports Silverlight, Flash etc.

35. Doug Seven

36. Mary JoFoley

37. Jeremy Likness

38. Steve Smith

39. Miguel Carrasco

41. Questions? Thank you !!