Photo: Early Builds of Wp7.8 Being Tested on Lumias

One thing that really surprises me is how well Microsoft kept everything under wraps, I’m sure there must have been at least hundreds of devices running these early builds or prototype WP8 but not a single soul who wasn’t supposed to see it saw it, now that the covers a=have been lifted some MSFT employees are tweeting pictures of the early builds such as that above on a US variant of the Stormtrooper Lumia 900- but are quick to point out that it’s still  ” a Suuuuuuuuppper early build” so don’t get too excited guys.

@kclemson

An early build of windows phone 7.8 on my lumia :D http://sdrv.ms/MCJePj 

@kclemson

@tomwarren Sorry for teasing, I just wanted to show that it’s real 🙂 It’s a suuuuuper early build, we’re still working on it.

I must say i really LOVE the utilization of the full screen as well as the re-sizing, I for one don’t use the calendar tile so I would shrink that down; and adding the Phone/Messaging/Email and camera buttons as small tiles to the top row would act as a Pseudo-notification center getting the job done quite nicely.

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