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**Damien** · 16-02-2010, 12:42

The reason for enforcing the interface is the same reason they will require hardware to meet a minimum spec. Consistency across the devices which will help from a usablity standpoint but more importantly be much, much kinder to developers.

Developers can now develop applications knowing that the target hardware will behave in the same way across all devices. It will have the same features (i.e gps, higher definition screen, and so on) and it will look the same so they can match the style of their app to the style of the OS. Methods of interaction implemented by the OS can be implemented in these apps without fear that any of the style or function has been overridden on device x.

As mentioned before it gives Microsoft more freedom to refine and develop the OS without waiting for HTC or whoever to bring out an updated skin before it can be considered implemented on all devices.

16-02-2010, 12:42	#4
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,942	Re: Microsoft say goodbye to the mobile market, Windows phone 7 is launched The reason for enforcing the interface is the same reason they will require hardware to meet a minimum spec. Consistency across the devices which will help from a usablity standpoint but more importantly be much, much kinder to developers. Developers can now develop applications knowing that the target hardware will behave in the same way across all devices. It will have the same features (i.e gps, higher definition screen, and so on) and it will look the same so they can match the style of their app to the style of the OS. Methods of interaction implemented by the OS can be implemented in these apps without fear that any of the style or function has been overridden on device x. As mentioned before it gives Microsoft more freedom to refine and develop the OS without waiting for HTC or whoever to bring out an updated skin before it can be considered implemented on all devices.