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Show HN: Hacker News for Windows Phone 8

Hacker News for Windows Phone 8 just passed the certification and is now available in the Marketplace. You can see it there: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/hacker-news/89024c43-fa94-463a-a560-ee5c8825225c Let me know what you guys think.

miguelrochefort 14y ago
Clickable link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/hacker-news/89024c43-fa94-463a-a560-ee5c8825225c http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/hacker-news/8902...
vyrotek 14y ago
Nice work! I was really hoping to get a WP8 this Christmas but unfortunately Sprint dropped the ball on that one and decided not to release any phones until "next year". I'm still using my 3 year old HTC Hero because I refuse to get another android. One day I'll get a WP8 and I'm sure this will be one of the first apps I install. :)
cheeaun 14y ago
What's the difference between this and your Combinator app? http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/combinator/a5275a3f-6611-48f6-bd62-7382eda4c028 http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/combinator/a5275...
- miguelrochefort 14y ago
  It's been remade for Windows Phone 8. It currently matches Combinator's features, but I plan on adding additional features to it in the near future (such as live tiles and dynamic lock screen). It supports multiple tile sizes. It uses the device's theme/accent instead of the custom Hacker News theme. I may add an option to set the HN theme if people request it. The comment view is a bit different. I think it's cleaner. The name is different, which make it look like an "official" app. I believe people prefer to use an app named "Hacker News" than "Combinator". I'll probably drop the Combinator app in the near future.
kevinwmerritt 14y ago
Hey I really like this app. Thanks for keeping a very simple style with the comments. I would like the ability to vote and write comments. Looking forward to the live tile updates. Also it would be cool to integrate the native sharing options to quickly share a link.

miguelrochefort 14y ago

Clickable link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/hacker-news/89024c43-fa94-463a-a560-ee5c8825225c http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/hacker-news/8902...

vyrotek 14y ago

Nice work! I was really hoping to get a WP8 this Christmas but unfortunately Sprint dropped the ball on that one and decided not to release any phones until "next year". I'm still using my 3 year old HTC Hero because I refuse to get another android. One day I'll get a WP8 and I'm sure this will be one of the first apps I install. :)

cheeaun 14y ago

What's the difference between this and your Combinator app? http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/combinator/a5275a3f-6611-48f6-bd62-7382eda4c028 http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/combinator/a5275...

miguelrochefort 14y ago
It's been remade for Windows Phone 8. It currently matches Combinator's features, but I plan on adding additional features to it in the near future (such as live tiles and dynamic lock screen). It supports multiple tile sizes. It uses the device's theme/accent instead of the custom Hacker News theme. I may add an option to set the HN theme if people request it. The comment view is a bit different. I think it's cleaner. The name is different, which make it look like an "official" app. I believe people prefer to use an app named "Hacker News" than "Combinator". I'll probably drop the Combinator app in the near future.

kevinwmerritt 14y ago

Hey I really like this app. Thanks for keeping a very simple style with the comments. I would like the ability to vote and write comments. Looking forward to the live tile updates. Also it would be cool to integrate the native sharing options to quickly share a link.