LCARS Interface for Windows Phone has been well received so far! We are glad to finally bring more of the features from the Windows 8 app to the phone platform. We aren't finished with it yet though! The features on the Windows 8 version that haven't made it to the phone yet will get there eventually (as much of it as is actually possible on the phone platform). We just submitted updates for both (actually all 4 if you count WP7 versions too) which will bring the Settings pages for both LCARS Interface and LCARS Simulator more in line with what the Windows 8 version has. The functional change is that you can now select the Voyager Red Alert sound on the phone as well for both of the apps! It's a relatively small change but it was a popular one for Windows 8 app so it was decided to bring it over as well. Whether or not having a mobile device declare Red Alert is canon or not is up for debate, but it works well for the game in the LCARS Simulator so why not have it in both? The background bridge sounds is another thing that may make the trek over as well at some point. LCARS Simulator also gets the updated sound effects for the Nemesis theme in this update, which puts it in line with the other apps.
Also added to the LCARS Interface app for Windows Phone is an About page which will allow you to access this site as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages. This seems especially important for the phone apps since there is nowhere to put in a description of what has changed in the updates! You will have to find out about that from here instead. It even opens the Dev Blog and Facebook pages from the internal LCARS Web Browser! The Twitter does not since it only works with HTTPS and that seems to not work correctly with the browser control we get to use on the phone for some reason. It would be nice if they gave us a real skinnable control for Windows Phone and Windows 8! Hoping that eventually happens but not counting on it. The About page will likely show up for the LCARS Simulator app soon as well.
Some changes need to be made to the other pages on this blog such as the Features page, Version History, and FAQ which currently only have information about the Windows 8 app. With all of the coding being done on all 3 LCARS apps, there hasn't been as much time to make those changes. You would almost forget that we make apps besides LCARS stuff with all the action those apps have seen lately! They are certainly a lot of fun and all of the wonderful reviews and feedback we have gotten gives us more motivation to keep going with it!
Look for these updates to show up in the next couple of days after Microsoft approves them.
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