Launcher 8 free (fake wp8)
Launcher 8 free (fake wp8) – this is the full name of the launcher – is one of the most interesting ideas I’ve ever seen on Android so far (and believe me, I’ve seen quite a few). This little launcher allows you to turn your Android smartphone into something that you could swear is a Windows Phone (at least at first sight). More than that, it doesn’t just look like a Windows Phone; there are many ways in which it actually feels like Windows Phone. Once the installation is done, you will be asked, in not-very-clear English, if you want to set it as your launcher.
Then you’ll have to confirm things with the Android system. I suggest tapping the always button after you decide for Launcher 8, otherwise you’ll keep getting the question.
Then you’ll get a brief lesson on how to play with tiles. If you have ever used a Windows Phone, the similarity of Launcher 8 is astonishing. Tiles can be resized – just long-press and select the size of your tile the same way as in Windows Phone 8.
Sliding your finger right to left brings up your list of programs and long-pressing one of them allows you to turn it into a tile.
It’s like having Windows Phone 8 with Android apps, but that’s just for the main theme. If you slide your finger left to right, a new set of options appears and, the same as for any other launcher, you can find other themes for it – there are quite a few, but some are in other languages. If you press the Settings menu, you can even edit the theme and save the results.
Speaking of other themes, I found one called red, which looks very Nokia-style. Oddly enough, sliding right to left brought up a menu which looked very Android-ish. I guess it’s all in the theme…
Launcher 8 free (fake WP8) also has a paid version (it costs $2.58) with more features, but I found the free one a lot of fun, too. I’m actually thinking of keeping it for a while, just to trick friends into thinking that I’ve managed to install Windows Phone 8 on my Android smartphone. Shame they couldn’t have released it at the beginning of April, see how many fools you could find!! :-) An app like this may be a god-send in the future if the new windows interface becomes as big as the default windows classic desktop we all know. Nice find tho – there’s an app for all out there and thanks for the heads-up on this……… Comment Name * Email *
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